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WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN 
IS  THIS? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN 
IS  THIS? 


BtnhuB  in  tli?  ISlxU  at  Qllynflt 

By  WILLIAM  D.  MURRAY 


'I  was  hungiy,  and  ye  gave  me  to  eat;  I  was  thirsty,  and  ye  gave  me 
drink;  I  vtras  a  stranger,  and  ye  took  me  in;  naked,  and  ye  clothed  me;  I 
was  in  prison,  and  ye  came  unto  me.' 


New  York 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Piess 

1907 


Copyrighted,  1907, 

BY 

The  International  Committee 

OF 

Young  Men's  Christian  Associations 


S-0-P2987-8-07 


TO 

MY   BOY 

GEORGE 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

I.    He  is  born 1 

II.    When  He  was  a  boy 6 

III.  Baptized  and  tempted 12 

IV.  What  angered  Him 17 

V.    He  cures  a  lame  man 21 

VI.     He  helps  a  lonely  sick  man 27 

VII.    He  chooses  His  companions 30 

VIII.    He  shows  His  power  over  nature 34 

IX.    He  feeds  more  than  five  thousand  people 37 

X.    The  strange  scene  on  a  mountain 43 

XI.    Review 46 

XII.    A  real  neighbor 47 

XIII.  He  shows  His  power  over  death 53 

XIV.  The  first  Palm  Sunday 57 

XV.    He  asks  to  be  remembered 63 

XVI.    They  arrest  Him 67 

XVII.    They  kill  Him 72 

XVIII.     He  comes  out  of  the  grave 77 

XIX.     Review 81 


INTRODUCTION. 


Bible  study  which  does  not  lead  to  action  on  the 
part  of  the  student  is  certainly  nothing  better  than  a 
pleasant  pastime.  The  object  of  the  leader  of  a  class 
should  always  be  to  cause  his  scholars  to  do  some- 
thing which  the  lesson  has  taught.  There  is  danger 
that  young  people  will  look  upon  Jesus  merely  as  a 
historical  person,  and  that  they  will  regard  the  stories 
of  His  deeds  as  ancient  history.  We  must  strive  con- 
tinually to  make  Christ  live  before  them  to-day;  to 
make  them  feel  that  the  things  He  liked  long  ago  He 
likes  now,  and  that  the  things  He  did  long  ago  in 
Galilee  He  wants  us.  His  followers,  to  do  now  in  our 
towns  and  cities ;  and,  most  of  all,  that  this  Jesus 
about  whom  we  are  studying  can  be  and  wants  to  be 
a  personal  friend  of  every  boy  as  He  was  the  per- 
sonal friend  of  Mary  and  Martha  and  Lazarus  and 
others  in  Galilee  and  Judea. 

With  this  purpose  in  view  these  studies  have  been 
prepared.  Moreover,  the  Bible  ought  not  to  be  a 
book  off  by  itself,  although  it  must  ever  be  a  unique 
book.  It  is  not  a  fetish,  it  is  a  heavenly  Father's 
message  to  His  children ;  we  do  not  worship  the 
Bible,  we  worship  the  God  of  the  Bible.  Everything 
that  we  can  do,  therefore,  to  make  our  scholars  re- 
gard this  book  as  a  real  book  ought  to  be  done. 

The  Story. 

Each  of  these  studies  is  arranged  in  sections,  the 
first  section  being  devoted  to  the  story.  The  purpose 
of  this  is  to  suggest  the  fonn  in  which  the  lesson 
story  should  lie  in  the  minds  of  the  members  of  the 
class.  It  will  be  noticed  that  large  use  has  been 
made  of  the  constructive  imagination.  Patterson 
DuBois  says,  "Imagination  is  the  master  key  to  the 
interpretation  of  the  Bible";   and  President  Hadley 


X.  INTRODUCTION. 

says,  "The  thing  which  distinguishes  a  man  of  the 
first  rank  in  his  profession  from  a  man  of  the  second 
rank  is  the  possession  of  this  quahty  of  imagination." 
As  those  for  whom  these  studies  are  primarily  in- 
tended are  at  the  age  when  the  imagination  is  active, 
now  is  the  time  to  cultivate  the  habit  of  using  it.  The 
story  as  told  in  these  studies  is  only  suggestive  and 
illustrative ;  the  leader  should  do  his  utmost  to  get 
his  scholars  into  the  habit  of  imagining  the  Bible 
scene  and  then  telling  it  vividly,  or  better  still,  writing 
it  out,  in  their  own  words.  Make  it  as  modern  and 
as  real  as  possible. 

Pictures. 

In  connection  with  most  of  the  studies,  through  the 
courtesy  of  Dr.  Forbush,  reference  is  made  to  the 
stereographs  used  in  his  book,  Travel  Lessons  on  the 
Life  of  Jesus.  In  that  book  special  maps  of  Palestine 
have  been  prepared,  on  which  the  place  from  which 
each  picture  is  made  is  indicated ;  from  this  spot  lines 
are  drawn  to  show  how  much  of  the  scene  is  in  the 
range  of  vision.  By  consulting  the  map  and  looking 
through  the  stereoscope  at  the  picture  indicated  a 
wonderfully  real  view  is  presented ;  for  the  student 
seems  to  be  standing  in  the  country  itself,  and  seeing 
what  Jesus  himself  saw.  There  could  be  no  better 
way  of  creating  a  sense  of  reality  in  our  study  of  the 
life  of  Jesus  than  by  using  these  pictures.  The 
book  and  pictures  are  made  by  Underwood  &  Under- 
wood, 3  West  19th  Street,  New  York  City.  When 
reference  is  made  to  stereographs  these  are  the  ones 
intended. 

In  each  study  will  also  be  found  the  names  of  the 
firms  that  publish  the  best  reproductions  of  some  of 
the  famous  pictures  representing  the  scene  of  the 
lesson,  together  with  each  picture's  catalogue  number. 
These  could  be  used  during  the  class  hour,  or  better 
still,  if  the  pupils  are  writing  out  the  story  from  week 
to  week  in  a  note  book,  the  pictures  ought  to  be  used 
to  illustrate  the  narrative.  One  of  the  best  plans  to 
use  with  boys  is  for  the  leader  to  procure  these  pic- 


INTRODUCTION.  xi. 

tures  and  give  one  to  each  boy  present  at  the  lesson. 
Let  the  leader  offer  a  reward — not  a  prize — at  the 
end  of  the  course  for  the  best  use  made  of  the  pic- 
tures, and  then  see  that  every  boy  who  makes  some 
effort  to  use  the  pictures  gets  something  as  a  reward. 
In  references  "P"  stands  for  Perry  Picture  Company, 
Maiden,  Mass. ;  "B"  for  George  P.  Brown,  Beverly, 
Mass.,  and  "W"  for  W.  A.  Wilde  Company,  120 
Boylston  Street,  Boston. 

The  complete  handbook  of  Religious  Pictures,  pub- 
lished by  the  New  York  Sunday  School  Commission, 
price  five  cents,  gives  an  exhaustive  list  of  the  pictures 
which  can  be  used.  They  carry  in  stock  pictures  of 
different  publishers.  Their  address  is  416  Lafayette 
Street,  New  York  City. 

Daily  Readings. 

The  Scripture  included  in  each  study  has  been  put 
in  the  form  of  Daily  Readings  and  is  a  vital  part  of 
each  lesson.  These  readings  will  be  found  to  be  very 
brief  usually,  and  the  questions  asked  on  each  daily 
portion  are  aimed  at  the  lesson  to  be  brought  out. 
Every  device  should  be  used  by  the  leader  to  induce 
the  scholars  to  follow  these  daily  readings. 

Subject  for  Prayer. 

In  connection  with  each  study,  and  particularly  in 
connection  with  the  daily  readings,  a  subject  for 
prayer  is  suggested.  This  subject  is  really  the  lesson 
for  the  week,  but  it  is  far  better  that  it  should  be  pre- 
sented indirectly  than  that  it  should  be  boldly  stated 
as  the  purpose  of  the  study.  The  leader  in  assigning 
the  new  lesson  should  call  attention  to  this  and  should 
recommend  to  his  class  that  the  suggested  subject  of 
prayer  be  kept  in  mind  as  they  engage  in  prayer  daily. 

Bible  Marking. 

While  Bible  marking  is  not  a  scholarly  method  of 
study,  it  has   its   uses.     It  has  been   suggested  here 


xii.  INTRODUCTION. 

partly  to  induce  the  scholars  to  have  their  own  Bibles, 
and  partly  to  impress  in  this  indirect  way  the  lesson 
of  the  week.  The  terms  used  can  be  understood  by 
consulting  the  illustration  facing  page  49.  This  will 
also  help  to  make  the  Bible  a  real  book. 

Illustrative  Readings. 

To  further  assist  in  the  effort  to  make  the  Bible 
real  we  have  suggested  stories  from  other  parts  of 
the  Bible  and  from  other  books  which  illustrate  the 
story  in  the  Bible.  Many  such  books  might  have  been 
referred  to,  and  can  be  used  by  the  leader,  but  those 
chosen  here  are  mostly  from  books  boys  are  reading 
and  enjoying.  It  helps  to  make  the  Bible  a  real  book 
to  find  that  the  same  great  principles  influence  peo- 
ple to-day. 

Drawings. 

A  few  rude  drawings  have  been  prepared  to  show 
that  one  who  cannot  draw  can  nevertheless  make 
helpful  pictures.  It  would  be  wise  if  to  one  scholar 
the  task  were  assigned  of  putting  on  the  blackboard, 
some  time  before  the  next  lesson  hour,  his  picture 
of  the  lesson  scene.  When  the  scholars  are  using 
note  books  each  ought  to  draw  his  picture  in  con- 
nection with  the  written  story. 

Map  Work. 

Interest  in  these  studies  will  be  increased  by  the 
use  of  relief  maps  made  by  the  boys  themselves,  or 
by  the  leader  and  the  boys  together.  The  use  of  such 
maps  is  suggested  in  the  studies  to  which  they  are 
best  adapted,  but  it  would  be  even  better  for  the 
leader  to  suggest  when  they  shall  be  used.  A  great 
deal  of  information  can  be  obtained  from  Dr. 
Maltby's  book,  "Map  Modeling  in  Geography." 

There  are  three  substances  in  general  use  for  this 
purpose :    sand,  putty  and  paper  pulp. 

For  the  use  of  sand  a  sand  board  is  needed.     This 


INTRODUCTION.  xiii. 

should  be  a  shallow  box.  In  some  cases  the  box  has 
been  made  big  enough  to  cover  the  top  of  the  table 
around  which  the  boys  have  their  lesson.  (See 
frontispiece.) 

A  box  could  be  constructed  as  follows :  "Use 
good,  light  pine  lumber,  and  make  a  table  top  about 
two  feet  by  three  feet,  or  in  that  proportion.  Around 
the  edge  of  it  put  a  moulding  which  extends  up  about 
an  inch  or  an  inch  and  a  half  above  the  board.  Paint 
all  this  light  blue  or  else  cover  the  top  of  it  with  zinc, 
which  is  better.  Your  board  is  then  complete.  It 
is  not  necessary  to  put  legs  on  it.  It  can  be  used  on  a 
table  by  elevating  one  end  of  it  a  few  inches,  so 
that  the  pupils  could  see  it  easily.  The  sand  used 
should  be  moulder's  sand,  and  may  be  had  from  any 
foundry.  It  is  not  at  all  dirty  to  handle  and  should 
be  kept  a  little  moist.  This  sand  should  be  spread 
thinly  over  the  board  and  then  with  the  hands  the 
hills  and  valleys  can  be  moulded.  Running  a  finger  or 
lead  pencil  through  the  sand  will  expose  the  paint  or 
the  zinc  and  this  will  represent  water.  The  sea  can 
be  represented  by  simply  pressing  the  sand  back 
from  a  space  the  right  size.  Little  blocks  of  wood 
painted  white  are  very  nice  to  use  for  houses,  while 
green  twigs  may  be  set  up  for  trees." 

For  modeling  in  putty,  the  ordinary  putty  is  used. 
One  advantage  in  the  use  of  this  material  is  that 
different  colors  can  be  used.  Any  painter  will  pre- 
pare it  of  the  color  desired.  Green,  brown,  yellow  and 
buff  are  the  usual  colors. 

The  material  most  in  use  in  Association  Bible 
classes  is  paper  pulp.  This  is  due  to  the  fact  that  it  is 
more  lasting  than  sand  or  putty.  Dr.  Maltby  de- 
scribes the  preparation  of  this  material  as  follows : — 

"The  paper  used  may  be  the  waste  sheets  from  pen- 
cil tablets,  or  common  newspaper  may  be  made  into 
fine,  serviceable  pulp  scarcely  tinged  with  gray.  Tear 
the  paper  into  small  pieces  not  more  than  an  inch 
square,  and  fill  a  common  water  pail  or  jar  with  bits 
of  paper.  Pour  over  this  a  gallon  of  boiling  water 
and  let  the  paper  soak  four  or  five  hours.  Then  drain 
off    the    excess    water    and    macerate    the    mass    by 


xiv.  INTRODUCTION. 

thrusting  a  rough  stick  down  into  it  again  and  again, 
jabbing  it  until  the  whole  is  reduced  to  a  pasty  mass. 
After  about  fifteen  minutes  of  energetic  work  the 
ne'er-do-well  of  your  class  will  present  to  you  the 
best  of  paper  pulp,  very  smooth  and  fine,  taking  im- 
pressions from  the  very  lines  of  the  hand.  More  than 
this  the  boy  will  have  learned  that  he  can  do  some- 
thing well  and  will  be  the  most  eager  to  apply  the 
material  to  its  intended  use. 

"When  the  pulp  is  ready  for  use,  the  material  may 
be  used  in  the  construction  of  relief  maps  of  all 
kinds.  Mould  these  upon  squares  of  pine  board  or 
heavy  pasteboard,  modeling  the  various  relief  features 
according  to  some  good  physical  map.  When  the 
map  becomes  dry,  it  will  be  found  that  fairy  fingers 
have  been  at  work  reducing  and  beautifying  the 
whole.  These  maps  may  be  tinted  and  finished  with 
water  color  as  perfectly  as  the  Whatman  paper." 

Pulp  may  be  bought  from  paper  manufacturers  for 
about  six  cents  a  pound.  (American  Writing  Paper 
Company,  Holyoke,  Mass.)  It  is  better  to  buy  it 
than  to  make  it. 

For  class  work  in  map  modeling,  glass,  linoleum  or 
drawing  boards  can  be  used  on  which  to  lay  and 
shape  the  maps.  There  will  also  be  needed  a  tub  and 
a  number  of  pans  about  a  foot  square  for  holding 
the  pulp ;  sponges  for  soaking  up  the  water,  crayons 
and  water  colors  and  brushes  for  painting. 

The  sand  board  can  be  used  profitably  where  a 
temporary  map  is  needed  or  where  a  section  of  the 
country  is  needed  on  a  larger  scale.  It  is  suggested 
that  it  be  used  in  Study  VIII  to  outline  intervening 
events.  In  Study  IX  the  hillside  and  the  lake  might 
occupy  the  whole  sand  board.  In  Study  II,  after 
looking  at  the  stereograph  of  the  relief  map  of 
Palestine,  it  could  be  reproduced  on  the  sand  board 
before  attempting  a  pulp  map. 

Besides  the  relief  maps  of  sand,  pulp,  etc.,  the  use 
of  outline  relief  maps  is  suggested.  One  of  the  best 
of  these  is  the  Klemm  Relief  Practice  Map,  made  by 
W.  B.  Harrison,  47  Broad  Street,  New  York  City, 
costing  three  cents  each.     This  is  a  beautiful  map, 


INTRODUCTION.  xv. 

and  could  be  used  as  a  model  in  making  sand  or  pulp 
maps.  A  splendid  series  of  outline  maps  are  the 
Bailey  Series,  published  by  Warren  S.  Kilbum,  125 
Summer  Street,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  sold  for  twelve 
cents  a  dozen.  Of  a  similar  character  are  the  Little- 
field  Outline  Practice  Maps.  The  Slated  relief  map 
of  the  Holy  Land  "shows  by  light  and  shade  effects 
the  surface  elevations  of  Palestine,  and  is  manu- 
factured in  such  a  way  as  to  have  a  surface  which 
can  be  written  upon  with  chalk,  pencil  or  ink,  and 
the  entries  can  be  erased  with  a  dry  cloth,  or  washed 
off  with  water."  This  map  is  sold  for  one  dollar. 
There  are  a  number  of  other  good  maps.  The  Sun- 
day School  Commission  carry  all  these  maps  in  stock. 
They  publish  a  "Handbook  of  the  Best  Sunday  School 
Supplies,"  which  gives  lists  of  maps,  models,  etc., 
many  of  which  can  be  used  with  these  studies.  Dr. 
Hodge  of  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  700  Park 
Avenue,  New  York  City,  has  prepared  a  valuable 
pamphlet  on  "Manual  Methods  of  Sunday  School 
Teaching,"  which  gives  useful  information  about 
maps  of  all  kinds.     Price,  thirty  cents. 

To  Be  Made. 

Suggestions  will  be  found  in  each  study  of  some- 
thing illustrative  of  the  lesson  to  be  made  by  the 
scholars.  These  ought  to  be  kept  in  some  place  in 
the  classroom  where  they  can  accumulate  as  the 
studies  progress.  Boys  and  young  people  like  to  see 
things  grow.  Models  of  many  objects  connected  with 
these  studies  are  manufactured  and  sold. 

Suggestions  to  the  Leaders. 

In  these  suggestions  the  author  has  ventured  to 
put  his  ideas  of  the  lessons  for  every-day  life  which 
might  profitably  be  drawn  from  these  studies.  They 
are  only  suggestions.  It  is  so  true  that  classes  will 
vary  in  their  needs  that  each  leader  ought  to  remem- 
ber constantly  the  particular  scholars  he  is  to  face, 
and  make  his  preparation  accordingly. 


xvi.  INTRODUCTION. 

Memory  work.  Nothing  is  said  in  any  of  the 
studies  about  memorizing  Scripture,  but,  as  it  is  the 
memory  age  with  those  for  whom  these  studies  are 
intended,  this  opportunity  ought  not  to  be  lost.  The 
leader  should  see  to  it  that  before  the  course  ends 
each  scholar  knows  a  few  verses  and  passages.  The 
following  are  suggested  : — 

Beatitudes,  The  Lord's  Prayer,  Ps.  1,  19,  23,  51,  91, 
121;  The  Commandments;  1  Cor.  13;  John  3:16; 
Matt.  7:12;  Mark  2:14;  John  1:12;  Rom.  1:16; 
12:1;  Eph.  6:  1;  Eccl.  12:  1;  Rev.  3:20;  Josh.  1:8; 
2  Tim.  2:15. 

These  are  only  suggestive,  each  leader  should  se- 
lect his  own.  Use  the  memory  work  to  add  variety 
to  the  opening  moments  of  the  class  hour. 

This  book  is  sent  forth  with  the  prayer  that  to  many 
young  people,  and  especially  to  boys,  it  will  mark  the 
beginning  of  a  deeper  and  a  lifelong  friendship,  a 
friendship  with  that  Saviour  whom  Dr.  John  Watson, 
"Ian  Maclaren,"  described  as  the  "Christ  that  lies 
in  no  grave ;  who  needs  no  picture,  who  is  secluded 
in  no  heaven ;  who  revealed  Himself  to  the  disciples 
on  the  way  to  Emmaus ;  who  was  persecuted  by  Saul 
of  Tarsus ;  who  rose  from  his  throne  to  receive  the 
martyr  Stephen ;  who  calls  upon  all  men  to  leave  all 
to  follow  Him;  who  suffers  with  every  Christian  that 
sorrows,  and  toils  in  every  Christian  that  serves,  and 
rejoices  with  every  Christian  that  gets  unto  himself 
the  victory ;  who  still  welcomes  Magdalene,  and 
teaches  Thomas  and  guides  Peter,  and  is  betrayed 
by  Judas ;  who  still  divides  human  opinion,  is  adored 
or  misunderstood,  is  still  Master,  or  sent  unto  the 
cross.  This  is  the  living  Christ,  present,  effectual, 
eternal." 

William  D.  Murray. 

PlainHeld,  N.  J.,  June,  1907. 


STUDY  I. 


HE  IS  BORN. 

1.     The  Story. 

There  was  Hving  in  the  little  village  of  Nazareth, 
in  Galilee,  in  the  year  4  B.  C,  a  Jewish  girl  named 
Mary,  who  was  a  direct  descendant  of  David,  the 
great  king  of  Israel.  One  day  an  angel  came  to  her 
and  told  her  that  she  was  to  have  a  son  whom  she 
was  to  call  Jesus.  She  was  engaged  to  be  married  to 
a  man  named  Joseph,  and  at  about  this  time  an  angel 
told  Joseph  that  Mary  was  to  have  this  child. 
Augustus  Csesar  was  then  the  ruler  of  the  world, 
having  his  capital  at  Rome  in  Italy.  Quirinius  was 
the  governor  of  Syria,  a  colony  of  Rome,  as  Canada 
is  of  England,  and  under  him  as  governor  of  Judea, 
was  Herod,  with  his  capital  at  Jerusalem. 

The  king  was  anxious  to  know  how  many  people 
were  in  his  kingdom,  so  he  issued  a  proclamation  that 
all  his  citizens  should  go  to  their  own  cities,  so  that 
a  census  could  be  taken.  Joseph  and  Mary,  being  of 
the  family  of  David,  would  go  to  David's  city,  which 
was  Bethlehem,  twelve  miles  from  Jerusalem  and 
seventy-five  miles  from  Nazareth. 

Bethlehem  was  a  small  place  with  limited  accom- 
modation for  travelers,  and  all  about  it  were  the  open 
fields  where  the  shepherds  kept  their  sheep.  Natur- 
ally the  unusual  gathering  while  the  census  was  being 
taken  crowded  the  little  town,  and  so  when  Joseph 
and  Mary  reached  Bethlehem  they  could  not  be  re- 
ceived in  the  inn,  but  were  told  that  they  might  stay 
in  the  stable  if  they  chose.  This  was  not  an  unusual 
thing  to  do,  and  the  two  took  up  their  quarters  there 
for  the  night.  Some  time  in  the  night  Mary's  baby 
was  born. 

When  this  great  event  occurred  an  angel  appeared 
to  the  shepherds  in  the  fields  about  Bethlehem  and. 


2         WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

amid  a  strange  light  which  frightened  them,  told 
them  that  he  brought  good  tidings, — that  Christ,  for 
whom  men  were  looking,  had  been  born  at  Bethlehem, 
David's  city,  and  that  they  would  know  the  babe  by 
finding  Him  lying  in  a  manger.  Then  there  appeared 
in  the  sky  a  host  of  angels  singing,  "Glory  to  God  in 
the  highest  and  on  earth  peace,  good  will  to  men." 

The  shepherds  hurried  into  the  town,  found  the 
baby  as  the  angel  said  they  would,  and  then  went  out 
to  tell  everybody  about  the  strange  event  that  had 
happened. 

At  this  same  time  somewhere  to  the  east  there  ap- 
peared a  bright  star,  which  attracted  the  attention  of 
some  wise  men  of  that  country.  It  seemed  to  them  to 
lead  to  Jerusalem,  and  so  they  went  to  that  city. 
When  Herod  heard  that  these  strangers  were  in  the 
city  asking  to  see  one  who  was  born  king  of  the  Jews, 
he  was  greatly  distressed,  so  he  got  his  wise  men  to- 
gether and  asked  them  to  tell  him  where  the  Mes- 
siah was  to  be  born.  They  told  him  in  Bethlehem 
and  turned  to  the  book  of  Micah  which  we  have 
printed  in  our  Bible,  and  read  what  is  now  the  second 
verse  of  the  fifth  chapter.  Then  Herod  sent  for  the  men 
from  the  east,  and  pretending  that  he  wanted  to  wor- 
ship the  child,  sent  them  to  Bethlehem  to  find  where 
He  was  and  to  bring  him  word.  With  the  star  lead- 
ing the  way  they  went  to  Bethlehem  and  found 
Jesus  in  the  manger.  They  worshipped  Him  and 
gave  Him  the  gifts,  which  according  to  oriental  cus- 
tom they  had  brought.  But  they  did  not  go  back  to 
Herod.    They  went  home  by  a  different  route. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.    Luke  1 :  26-33. 
Who   was    Jesus'   mother?     Where   did   she   live? 
What  did  the  angel  say  to  her?     What  was 
her  child  to  be  named? 

Second  Day.     Luke  1 :  34-38. 
What  was  Mary's  answer? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?        3 

Third  Day.     Matt.  1 :  18-25. 

Espoused,  means  nearly  the  same  as  our  word  en- 
gaged. Who  was  Mary's  husband?  What  did 
the  angel  say  to  him?  What  was  he  to  call 
the  child? 

Fourth  Day.     Luke  2 :  8-14. 
What  did  the  angel  say  to  the  shepherds?     How 
were  they  to  know  the  child?     What  did  the 
multitude  of  angels  sing? 

Fifth  Day.     Luke  2:  1-7. 
Who  was  Caesar  Augustus?    Where  did  Mary  and 
Joseph  go?    Where  was  the  Christ  child  born? 

Sixth  Day.     Luke  2:  15-20. 

What  did  the  shepherds  do?    Where  did  they  find 
the  child  Jesus  ?    Then  what  did  the  shepherds 
do? 
Seventh  Day.     Matt.  2:  1-12. 

Who  came  to  see  Jesus  ?  Where  did  they  look  for 
Him?  What  led  the  way?  How  did  Herod 
find  out  where  Jesus  was  to  be  bom?  What 
did  the  wise  men  call  Him?  What  did  they  do 
when  they  saw  Him? 

3.     Subjects  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  remember  that  Jesus,  the  Saviour  of 
the  world  came  into  this  world  as  a  helpless  little 
baby;  that  there  was  a  time  in  His  life  when  He 
did  not  have  as  much  power  as  I  have  now. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize  the  name  Jesus;  the  words  shepherd; 
in  a  manger;  Glory  to  God;  King  of  the  Jews.  By 
emphasise  is  meant  making  the  word  heavier  by 
writing  over  the  letters  with  ink,  using  a  fine  steel 
pen.  See  the  words  heart,  soul,  strength,  mind,  in 
the  illustration,  p.  49. 


4         WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

5.     To  Make. 

A  star ;  a  sheepfold  out  of  cardboard ;  a  manger  out 
of  wood.  Pictures  of  these  can  be  found  in  many 
books  such  as  Peloubet's  notes. 

Make  a  sand  map  of  Palestine.  Use  one  of  the  re- 
lief maps  as  a  model.  For  a  scale  use  the  distance 
from  the  northern  end  of  the  sea  of  Galilee  to  the 
southern  end  of  the  Dead  Sea,  which  is  just  one 
hundred  miles. 

6.     Pictures. 

a.  Stereographs. 

Numbers  two  and  three  give  two  views  in  Bethle- 
hem. 

"That  street  out  there  in  which  we  were  standing 
is  the  present,  and  undoubtedly  was  the  ancient,  road 
from  Jerusalem  and  the  north  into  this  town.  So 
now  let  us  picture  to  our  minds  Joseph  and  Mary 
coming  up  that  street  and  across  this  very  square. 
What  shelter  did  they  seek?  How  was  the  scene  in 
the  inn  like  this?  (Crowded.)  Then  where  did  they 
go?  What  was  the  first  bed  of  the  Child  Jesus? 
(Luke  2:  7.)  What  a  welcome  for  one  who  was  heir 
to  Israel's  throne  and  who  is  King  of  kings  forever!" 
From  Travel  Lessons  on  the  Life  of  Jesus,  by  Wil- 
liam Byron  Forbush,  pp.  50,  51. 

b.  B.  1132,  1624,  390. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

The  story  of  Mary's  condition  as  she  reaches 
Bethlehem,  and  the  birth  of  her  son,  give  us  an  op- 
portunity of  saying  something  about  the  way  chil- 
dren come  into  the  world.  Make  it  a  holy  oc- 
currence. 

We  must  become  as  children  to  enter  His  world, 
as  He  became  a  child  to  enter  ours. 

The  need  of  a  childlike  spirit. 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?        5 

A  little  child  may  be  the  most  important  person 
in  the  world. 
Some  great  things  begin  small. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

The  birth  of  Samuel,  1  Sam.  1 :  1-28. 
The  birth  of  Moses,  Ex.  2 :  1-10. 


STUDY  II. 


WHEN  HE  WAS  A  BOY. 

1.     The  Story. 

Herod,  the  king,  was  greatly  disturbed  when  he 
heard  that  another  king  was  born,  and  in  order  to 
make  sure  that  he  had  destroyed  that  kingly  child  he 
had  all  the  boy  babies  in  Bethlehem  and  vicinity 
killed.  But  Jesus  had  escaped,  because  God  had  told 
Joseph  to  take  the  child  out  of  Herod's  territory 
into  Egypt.  This  was  a  long  journey  which  Mary 
and  Joseph  undertook  with  the  Christ-child.  In 
Egypt  they  stayed  until  Herod  died ;  then  they  re- 
turned to  Nazareth  in  Galilee,  their  old  home.  What 
a  wonderful  home-coming  it  must  have  been !  How 
the  people  must  have  gathered  aliout  them  to  hear 
the  wonderful  story  of  the  birth  and  to  see  the  won- 
derful child ! 

There  He  was  to  live  for  thirty  years. 

Nazareth  was  a  little  village  resting  in  a  basin  on 
a  hillside,  so  that  it  could  not  be  seen  from  the  sur- 
rounding country ;  "but  the  moment  you  climb  to  the 
edge  of  this  basin,  which  is  everywhere  within  the 
limits  of  the  village  boys'  playground,  what  a  view 
you  have!  (See  stereograph  4.  The  man  in  this 
picture  is  on  the  hill  back  of  Nazareth  looking  at 
the  village  and  the  plain  of  Esdraelon  beyond.) 
Esdraelon  lies  before  you  with  its  twenty  battle 
fields — the  scene  of  Barak's  and  Gideon's  victories ; 

the     scene    of     Saul's     and    Joshua's     defeat 

There  is  Naboth's  vineyard  and  the  place  of  Jehu's 
revenge  upon  Jezebel :  there,  Shunum  and  the  house 
of  Elisha ;  there  Carmel  and  the  place  of  Elijah's 
sacrifice.  To  the  east  the  valley  of  the  Jordan  with 
the  long  range  of  Gilead  ;  to  the  west  the  radiance 
of  the  Great  Sea  with  the  ships  of  Tarshish  and  the 
promise  of  the  Isles.     You  see  thirty  miles  in  three 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?        7 

directions.  It  is  a  map  of  Old  Testament  history." 
Here  is  where  Jesus  spent  His  boyhood.  This  is 
what  He  looked  out  upon.  The  Mediterranean  is 
twenty-one  miles  west ;  the  sea  of  Galilee  is  seven- 
teen miles  east.  At  the  eastern  end  of  the  village  is 
the  Fountain  of  Mary,  where  Mary  often  came  for 
water,  and  where  the  boy  Jesus,  no  doubt,  often 
romped  with  the  boys  and  girls  of  Nazareth.  Some 
have  thought  from  John  1 :  46  that  the  town  did  not 
have  a  very  good  reputation. 

The  family  of  which  Jesus  was  one  was  the  or- 
dinary Jewish  family,  and  consisted  finally  of  the 
father  and  mother  and  several  brothers  and  sisters. 
The  father  was  a  carpenter  and  the  boy  Jesus  learned 
this  trade. 

Boys  and  girls  were  taught  first  at  home  (Ps. 
44:1;  Deut.  4:9;  Prov.  1:8;  3:1).  When  very 
young  they  were  instructed  by  their  mothers  (2  Tim. 
1:3;  3 :  l4,  15).  Most  of  this  instruction  consisted 
in  telling  the  Old  Testament  stories — Esther,  Ruth, 
etc.  The  boy  would  memorize  the  historical  psalms 
(78,  81,  105,  etc.)  and  the  alphabetical  ones  (9,  25, 
119,  etc.).  Jesus  knew  much  of  the  Old  Testament 
at  twelve  (Luke  2:47).  But  the  people  wondered 
later  where  He  had  acquired  His  knowledge  (Mark 
1:27;  2:12;  6:2-6).  They  went  to  school  in  the 
synagogue,  "The  House  of  the  Book,"  as  it  was 
called.  They  were  probably  taught,  then  as  now, 
reading  and  writing. 

It  is  interesting  to  notice  that  their  writing  is 
taught  by  tracing  letters  with  a  stick  in  the  sand 
(John  7:6-8),  and  that  they  read  aloud,  as  Philip 
heard  the  Eunuch  reading  (Acts  8:30).  The  book 
used  was  the  Old  Testament,  but  not  every  family 
had  a  Bible.  They  were  too  costly,  written  as  they 
were  by  hand.  It  seems  likely  that  there  was  not  an 
entire  Old  Testament  in  Jesus'  home. 

The  Jews  of  that  time  did  not  give  much  attention 
to  play.  There  was  a  gymnasium  in  Jerusalem  in 
173  A.  D.  and  Tiberias  and  Jericho  each  had  a  hippo- 
drome or  race  course.  They  did  have  some  games, 
however.      They    snared    small    birds ;    they   became 


8         WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

skillful  in  slinging  (Judges  20 :  16 ;  Prov.  26 : 8, 
R.  V.  margin).  They  played  games  of  imitation  as 
boys  now  play  horse  (Matt.  11:16,  17).  What 
seems  to  be  a  board  for  games  with  counters  has 
been  found  in  Palestine.  Then  there  were  the  moun- 
tains over  which  the  boys  must  have  taken  many 
excursions,  and  which  must  have  given  many  op- 
portunities for  developing  their  muscles. 

Amid  such  scenes  Jesus  was  a  boy  among  the  boys 
and  girls  of  Nazareth. 

Only  once  do  we  get  a  glimpse  of  Jesus  during  the 
long  period  of  preparation ;  that  is  when  at  twelve 
years  of  age  He  is  taken  to  Jerusalem  to  the  Pass- 
over. He  probably  went  up  to  the  Passover  from  year 
to  year  after  that,  but  we  have  no  record  of  it. 

2,     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Matt.  2:  13-23. 

What  was  done  with  Jesus?  What  did  Herod 
do?  From  Egypt  where  did  Joseph  and 
Mary  take  Jesus? 

Second  Day.     John  1:46;  2  Tim.  1:5;  3:  14,  IS. 
What  did  Nathanael  think  of  Nazareth?     Find 
it  on  the  map.     Who  would  be  the  one  to 
teach  Jesus  when  He  was  a  child? 

Third  Day.     Mark  6:3;  Matt.  7:3. 

How  many  children  were  there  in  Mary's 
family?  What  was  Joseph's  business? 
What  trade  did  Jesus  learn? 

Fourth  Day.     Ps.    44:1;    Deut.    4:9;    Prov.    1:8; 
3:  1;  31:1;  Luke  2:47. 
Where    did    a    boy's    education    begin?      Who 
taught    him?      What    can    you    say    about 
Jesus'  knowledge  at  twelve  years  of  age? 

Fifth  Day.     Judges  20:  16;  Matt.  11:  16,  17. 

Did  Jewish  boys  in  Jesus'  time  play  games? 
Did  Jesus? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?        9 

Sixth  Day.     Mark  1:27;  6:2-6. 

What  did  people  think  of  Jesus'  knowledge? 
Where  do  you  suppose  He  got  it? 

Seventh  Day.     Luke  2:  39-52. 

What  does  verse  40  tell  us  about  the  boy  Jesus? 
Where  did  He  go  at  twelve?  What  did  He 
say  to  His  mother  in  verse  49?  What  can 
you  tell  about  the  boy  Jesus  from  verses 
51  and  52? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  lead  such  a  life  that  my  father  can  say 
of  me  as  Jesus'  Father  said  of  Him,  "This  is  my  be- 
loved Son." 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize  the  words  Subject  unto  them,  ■msdom, 
stature,  favor,  God,  man. 

5.     To  Make. 

Take  one  of  the  blank  maps  and  color  Galilee  blue, 
Samaria  yellow,  Judea  red,  and  Perea  brown.  Make 
a  scroll  of  a  book.  Get  a  picture  of  one  from  a  Bible 
dictionary. 

6,     Pictures, 
a.     Stereographs. 

No.  4  shows  us  Nazareth  from  the  hill  at  the  north- 
west over  the  village  and  across  the  plain  of 
Esdraelon. 

"Turn  now  to  the  special  map  of  Galilee.  By  the 
diverging  red  lines  which  start  from  Nazareth  and 
are  numbered  4  on  this  map  you  can  see  that  our 
position  will  be  upon  the  hill  northwest  of  Nazareth, 
and  that  we  shall  be  looking  in  a  southwesterly  di- 
rection over  those  nearer  foothills  and  out  upon  the 
great  Plain  of  Esdraelon  and  to  the  Mt.  Carmel 
range   beyond.     As    for   our   surroundings,   you  ob- 


10       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

serve  that  the  sea  of  Galilee  will  be  at  our  left, 
twenty  miles  away.  Behind  us  will  be  a  sea  of 
mountains,  on  whose  southerly  edge  we  are  to  be 
standing.  Before  us  will  sweep  the  great  triangular 
plain  of  Esdraelon,  breaking  the  great  mountain  back- 
bone of  Palestine  clear  across.  The  hills  on  which 
Nazareth,  not  more  than  half  its  ancient  size,  is 
built,  face  to  the  south  and  rise  five  hundred  feet 
about  the  town.  We  will  now  go  to  Nazareth.  This 
is  Nazareth !  There  are  the  foothills  and  beyond 
stretches  the  plain  of  Esdraelon  to  the  distant  Mt. 
Carmel  range.  Here  we  are  in  the  midst  of  Galilee. 
We  are  looking  a  little  west  of  south  you  remember. 
In  which  direction  from  us  here  is  the  sea  of  Galilee? 
Jerusalem?    the  Mediterranean? 

"This  is  the  place  from  which  Joseph  and  Mary 
set  out  on  their  journey  to  Bethlehem  before  Jesus 
was  born.  In  which  direction  did  they  go  from  here? 
Point  to  it.  And  it  was  to  this  same  place  they  came 
back  from  Egypt.  From  which  direction  did  they 
come?  (Up  yonder  road,  the  entrance  into  Nazareth 
from  the  Carmel  region.)  Why  did  they  dare  to 
return?  (Matt.  2:  22.)  How  big  a  boy  do  you  sup- 
pose Jesus  was  then?  How  old  was  He?  (A  little 
over  a  year  after  Jesus  was  born  Herod  Archelaus 
succeeded  his  father)"     Travel  Lessons,  pp.  56,  57. 

No.  5  is  a  picture  of  the  fountain  to  which  Mary 
came  for  water. 

"This  may  be  a  modern  arch,  but  the  fountain  is 
the  only  one  Nazareth  ever  had.  To  this  spot  we 
may  be  sure  Mary  came  for  water  every  day  of  Jesus' 
boyhood.  Describe  from  what  you  see  the  way  she 
would  have  carried  her  water  pot.  (You  notice  that 
as  the  women  come  with  their  empty  jars  they  carry 
them  on  the  sides,  then  turn  them  upright  as  they 
take  them  away  full.  They  seem  very  heavy,  but  the 
women  carry  them  with  a  light,  graceful  step  up  the 
lanes  of  the  town.)  Do  you  suppose  this  woman  in 
front  and  her  little  boy  look  as  Jesus  and  His  mother 
did?  These  women  dress  like  the  women  of  Bethle- 
hem, except  that  instead  of  the  stiff  headdress  you 
saw  there  on  each  side  of  the  face  is  a  rouleau  of 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       11 

silver  coins  fastened  to  a  pad  which  is  fitted  to  the 
head.  It  was  to  similar  coins  worn  in  this  fashion 
that  our  Saviour  alluded  in  the  parable  of  the  lost 
piece  of  silver."     Travel  Lessons,  p.  61. 

No.  7  shows  us  the  hills  and  valleys  of  the  coun- 
try. Use  this  picture  to  help  you  in  making  sand, 
putty  or  paper  pulp  maps. 

"What  a  wrinkled  country  is  Canaan  as  we  see  it 
in  bird's-eye  view !  How  smooth  are  the  desert  plains 
that  encroach  on  the  east  and  south  !  Now,  as  the 
whole  land  is  before  us,  we  can  understand  some 
things  that  have  been  said  about  it  as  we  could  not 
before ;  and  as  the  Messiah  goes  forth  to  redeem  it, 
so  we  may  start  out  to  possess  it  by  accurate 
knowledge."     Travel  Lessons,  p.  68. 

b.     B.  816,  92;  P.  1923;  W.  250. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

Jesus  was  a  real  boy,  going  about  as  other  boys 
did  and  interested  in  their  play.  With  it  all,  He 
found  time  to  become  acquainted  with  the  Bible,  for 
at  twelve  years  of  age  we  find  Him  asking  interesting 
questions  about  it  in  the  temple  at  Jerusalem,  and 
answering  questions  asked  Him. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

David's  boyhood,  1  Sam.  17. 


STUDY  III. 


BAPTIZED  AND  TEMPTED. 

1.     The  Story, 

Baptism  has  been  defined  as  "A  rite  wherein  by 
immersion  in  water,  the  participant  symbolizes  and 
signaHzes  his  transition  from  an  impure  to  a  pure 
Hfe,  his  death  to  a  past  he  abandons,  and  a  new 
birth  to  a  future  he  desires."  John,  called  the  Bap- 
tist, had  come  preaching  repentance  and  was  requir- 
ing the  people  to  be  baptized,  as  a  sign  of  repentance 
and  purification.  To  John  Jesus  came  seeking  bap- 
tism, but  John  objected,  knowing  that  Jesus  did  not 
need  to  be  purified — He  was  without  sin.  Jesus,  how- 
ever, anxious  to  identify  Himself  with  His  people, 
says,  "Thus  it  becometh  us  to  fulfil  all  righteous- 
ness," and  is  baptized.  Then  the  Spirit  comes  upon 
Him  and  His  Father's  voice  speaks  from  heaven 
saying,  "Thou  art  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am 
well  pleased." 

Could  anything  be  more  natural  than  the  next  event 
in  His  life?  He  has  His  Father's  approval.  He  is 
about  to  enter  upon  His  great  work,  when  He  is 
handed  over  to  Satan  to  be  tested.  He  is  standing, 
as  boys  now  stand,  at  the  threshold  of  His  career, 
the  time  when  the  great  tests  are  applied.  The 
Spirit,  who  is  to  rule  His  life  from  now  on,  leads 
Him  into  the  wilderness.  (Stereograph  9  shows  the 
kind  of  country  to  which  Jesus  went.)  A  traveler 
described  the  country  as  follows :  "We  cross  the 
Valley  of  the  Jordan — once  fertile  and  fruitful  as  the 
garden  of  the  Lord,  but  now  deserted  and  given  over 
to  briers  and  thorns— and  reach  a  range  of  steep  and 
barren  hills  which  varies  the  surface  of  the  country 
without  changing  its  sterile  character.  Sharp, 
rocky  eminences  rise  all  around  us,  and  steep  ascents, 
formidable  in  heights,  and  deep  declivities,  perilous 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       13 

to  descend,  fill  our  narrow  pathway  with  obstacles 
that  make  our  journey  both  difficult  and  dangerous. 
Dark  caverns  and  chasms  amongst  the  rocks  yawn 
fearfully  on  every  side.  A  mysterious  dread  creeps 
over  us  as  we  enter  the  awful  wilderness  of  our 
Saviour's  forty  days'  fast,  and  view  the  scene  of 
His  personal  conflict  with  the  Prince  of  Darkness 
and  Death."  Three  temptations  are  presented  after 
a  fast  of  forty  days.  They  are  the  same  three  that 
come  to  every  boy  starting  out  on  life  to-day.  First: 
The  devil  tried  to  get  Him  to  think  of  Himself  first, 
"You  are  hungry,  use  your  powers  to  feed  yourself." 
Put  yourself  first,  or  as  we  say  now,  "Every  man  for 
himself  and  the  devil  take  the  hindmost."  But  Jesus 
could  answer:  Not  the  physical,  but  the  spiritual, 
first;  not  the  "bread,"  but  "the  Word  of  God." 
Second:  The  devil  tried  to  get  Him  to  accomplish 
His  purpose  in  the  world  by  some  means  of  which 
His  Father  did  not  approve.  "To  seek  brilliance  by 
the  sacrifice  of  fidelity  and  thoroughness,  to  evade 
toil  and  suffering  by  compromising  a  principle" — 
"Create  a  sensation,"  the  devil  said,  "cast  yourself 
down  from  a  great  height  in  the  sight  of  the  people." 
But  again  Jesus  met  the  tempter  and  overcame,  him. 
Lastly:  The  devil  asks  Him  to  go  into  partnership 
with  him  and  so  win  the  world.  This  was  the  hardest 
temptation  of  all — to  use  the  devil  to  accomplish  a 
worthy  purpose  and  then  cast  him  out.  Boys  are 
sadly  tempted  along  this  line.  Jesus  indignantly  re- 
bukes the  tempter  now,  and  he  gives  up.  Having  re- 
fused the  help  of  the  lower  world,  Jesus  received 
help  from  above :  "Angels  came  and  ministered  unto 
Him."  So  will  it  be  with  us.  (I  am  indebted  to  Dr. 
Ross'  Universality  of  Jesus  for  some  of  the  sug- 
gestions in  this  paragraph.) 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Mark  1:  1-8. 

What  was  John  doing?  Where?  What  did  the 
people  do  when  they  were  baptized?  Verse 
5.    What  kind  of  a  man  was  John? 


14       IV HAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

Second  Day.     Mark  1:9-11. 

Jesus  was  thirty  years  old  at  the  time.  What 
did  John  do  to  Him?  What  happened  when 
Jesus  was  baptized? 

Third  Day.     Matt.  3:  13-17. 

What  did  John  say  when  Jesus  came  to  be  bap- 
tized ? 

Fourth  Day.     Mark  1:  12,  13. 

Who  sent  Jesus  into  the  wilderness?  How  long 
was  He  there?  Who  and  what  were  with 
Him? 

Fifth  Day.     Matt.  4:  1-3. 

How  long  had  He  been  without  food?  What 
was  the  first  temptation? 

Sixth  Day.     Matt.  4:5-7. 

What  was  the  second  temptation? 
Seventh  Day.     Matt.  4:8-11. 

What  was  the  third  temptation?  Where  did 
Jesus  get  each  answer  He  made  to  the 
tempter?  When  the  tempter  left  Him,  who 
came  to  help  Him? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  resist  temptations  to  be  untrue  in  word, 
deed  or  thought. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

In  Matt.  4,  underline  /;  is  written  in  verses  4,  7,  10 
and  connect  the  phrases  with  a  line.  In  Mark  1 :  13, 
emphasize  zvild  beasts  and  angels. 

5.     To  Make. 

Out  of  heavy  straw  board  make  models  of  loaves  of 
bread.  They  were  like  the  large,  round  hardtack  now 
used  on  shiplioard. 

This  would  be  a  good  point  at  which  to  make  a 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       15 

paper  pulp  map  of  the  country.  Use  the  stereograph 
of  the  Palestine  Relief  Map  to  get  an  idea  of  what 
the  formation  of  the  country  was  like ;  or  use  one 
of  the  Klemm  relief  maps. 

Draw  sketches  of  the  first  two  temptations  like 
this  sketch  of  the  third. 


6.     Pictures, 
a.     Stereographs. 

No.  9  shows  the  nature  of  the  country  in  which 
Jesus  lived. 

No.  10  is  a  real  baptism  in  the  Jordan,  where  Jesus 
was  baptized  by  John. 

No.  11  shows  us  "standing  on  the  acclivity  that 
leads  up  to  the  traditional  Mount  of  the  Temptation, 
and  we  are  therefore  getting  the  same  view  southeast- 
ward which  Jesus  would  see  if  He  climbed  to  the 
mountain  top.  Yonder  to  the  right  we  have  our  first 
glimpse  of  the  Dead  Sea,  and  to  the  left  see  the  Jor- 
dan glimmer  in  the  sun  as  it  rushes  to  its  grave  in 
the  Dead  Sea.     We  must  be  looking  over  part  of  the 


16       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

plain  which  John  traversed  in  going  from  the  desert 
to  the  Jordan.  Off  there  to  our  left  by  the  Jordan  is 
the  traditional  spot  of  the  baptism."  Travel  Lessons, 
p.  86. 

"If  Jesus  really  climbed  to  the  top  of  the  mountain 
behind  us,  He  came  here  from  the  desert  to  our 
right.  From  the  mountain  He  would  have  looked  in 
every  direction.  The  view  reaches  from  Hebron  to 
Bethel  and  Ramah  on  the  west,  and  includes  the  Holy 
City.  It  is  easy  to  see  that  a  temptation  suggested  by 
this  mountain-top  vision  of  all  kingdoms  of  the 
world  would  embrace  Israel's  history  from  the  pas- 
sage of  the  Jordan  to  the  glory  under  Solomon,  when 
this  height  was  the  center  and  not  the  outpost  of  his 
extended  domain.  It  would  include  Abraham,  and 
Moses,  and  Elijah,  and  Elisha,  and  David.  It  would 
consider  this  narrow  path  from  the  Jordan  as  the 
roadway  of  prophets,  priests,  kings,  crusaders  and 
armies  of  all  nations.  Through  this  valley  once 
moved  the  stately  train  of  Cleopatra,  and  here  passed 
Herod's  funeral."  Travel  Lessons,  p.  88. 
b.     B.  741,  1713 ;  W.  254,  45 ;  P.  498. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

Satan  usually  selects  some  little  thing  with  which 
to  begin  his  temptation,  something  which  seems  un- 
important. Here  for  instance,  Jesus  was  hungry, 
why  should  He  not  use  His  own  power  to  satisfy 
His  own  need? 

Jesus  was  put  in  a  place  of  prominence  and  then 
tested.  It  is  harder  to  live  right  when  everybody  is 
looking  at  us.  The  leader  of  a  team  should  set  the 
best  example,  people  are  watching  him. 

We  are  very  apt  to  be,  when  we  grow  tip,  what  we 
chose  to  be  when  we  were  young.  The  habits  we 
form  when  we  are  twelve,  thirteen  and  fourteen  years 
old  we  keep  always. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

Joseph's  Temptation,  Gen.  39:1-23. 
Peter's  Temptation,  Luke  22 :  54-62. 


STUDY  IV. 


WHAT  ANGERED  HIM. 

1.     The  Story. 

From  the  time  when  He  was  twelve  years  old, 
and  perhaps  before  that  age,  Jesus  had  been  coming 
year  by  year  to  the  Passover  at  Jerusalem.  Great 
crowds  would  be  about  Him.  They  had  been  cele- 
brating the  night  when  His  ancestors  and  theirs  had 
been  brought  out  of  Egypt.  Preparation  began  early. 
"Roads  and  bridges  were  repaired,  sepulchres  were 
whitened  anew,  that  they  might  be  readily  seen  and 
avoided.  It  was  the  season  of  the  ceremonial,  and 
all  other  kinds  of  purification.  In  the  last  days  the 
household  utensils  were  all  carefully  cleaned."  The 
night  before  the  celebration  the  house  was  searched 
and  all  leaven  thrown  out.  The  people  came  to- 
gether in  groups  of  from  ten  to  twenty,  and  went  to 
the  temple,  bearing  lambs.  These  were  killed  and 
the  blood  dashed  on  the  altar.  The  lambs  themselves 
were  taken  home  and  roasted,  where  they  were  eaten 
at  the  Passover  meal.  Jesus  was  often  in  such  a 
company:  "We  may  reverently  conjecture  our  Lord's 
meditations  as  He  saw  the  lamb  sacrificed,  and  sat 
down  to  the  feast.  The  death  of  the  lamb  was  a  fig- 
ure of  His  own  death.  The  feast  shadowed  forth 
His  feeding  His  people." 

We  must  remember  that  before  this  particular  visit 
to  Jerusalem — the  first  during  His  public  ministry — 
He  had  performed  His  first  miracle  at  Cana,  and 
had  gone  to  live  in  Capernaum,  which  became  hence- 
forth His  home  and  was  known  as  His  own  city 
(John  2:  12). 

All  Jews  and  Proselytes  had  to  pay  the  annual 
temple  tribute  of  about  thirty  cents,  in  exact  "half 
shekels  of  the  Sanctuary."  The  money  in  circulation 
throughout   Palestine,   besides   their  own   silver  and 


18       IVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

copper  coins,  was  Persian,  Tyrian,  Syrian,  Egyptian, 
Grecian  and  Roman.  A  month  ahead  of  time  the 
money-changers  set  up  their  stalls  in  the  country 
towns  through  which  the  pilgrims  would  pass,  but  as 
the  pilgrims  began  to  reach  the  city  the  money- 
changers closed  their  stalls  in  the  country  and  moved 
into  the  city  within  the  precincts  of  the  temple.  Here 
also  the  pilgrims  would  find  on  sale  whatever  was 
needed  for  the  purification  or  sacrifice.  At  the  time 
when  Jesus  objected  to  them  these  temple  bazaars 
were  "the  property  and  one  of  the  principal  sources 
of  income  of  the  family  of  Annas."  The  people  in 
general  did  not  like  this  desecration  of  the  House  of 
God,  but  they  were  controlled  by  the  priests.  Jesus, 
no  doubt,  on  other  visits  had  seen  and  lamented  this 
use  of  the  temple  and  now  that  He  has  begun  his 
public  ministry  He  no  longer  restrains  His  anger, 
but  indignantly  using  a  whip  He  has  made,  drives  the 
cattle  out  of  the  temple,  upsets  the  money-changers' 
tables  and  orders  the  dove-sellers  to  take  them  away, 
telling  every  one  of  them  that  they  are  putting  the 
temple — His  Father's  house — to  an  improper  use.  It 
was  this  desecration  of  God's  house  that  aroused  His 
anger. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     John  2:  13;  Luke  2:  41,  42. 

What  caused  the  people  to  go  to  Jerusalem  at 
this  time? 

Second  Day.     John  2:  14. 

What  did  Jesus  find  in  the  temple? 

Third  Day.     John  2:  15. 
What  did  Jesus  do? 

Fourth  Day.     John  2:  16,  17. 

What  did  He  call  the  temple?  What  did  He 
say  these  merchants  should  do?  What 
should  they  not  do? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       19 

Fifth  Day.     John  2:  18,  19. 

What   did  the   Jews   ask?     What  was   His   an- 


swer 


Sixth  Day.     John  2:  20-22. 

What    did    they   think    He   was    talking   about? 
What  was  He  talking  about? 

Seventh  Day.     John  2:  13-22. 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  desire  to  be  pure  and  clean. 


4.     Bible  Marking. 

Underline  temple,  verse  14,  and  my  Father's  house, 
verse  16,  and  connect  them  with  a  line.  Underline 
verse  21. 

5.     To  Make. 

A  whip  such  as  Jesus  might  have  used;  construct 
a  simple  model  of  the  temple,  showing  the  Court  of 
the  Gentiles,  Women's  Court,  Court  of  Israelites, 
Priests'  Court  and  the  Temple  itself. 

Take  one  of  the  embossed  relief  maps  and  color  the 
water  bodies  blue ;  the  coast  and  low-lying  plain 
green  ;  the  higher  hills,  orange ;  the  high  table-lands 
and  mountains,  brown,  leaving  the  very  highest  moun- 
tain-tops white ;  color  the  parts  below  sea  level  yel- 
low. 

6.     Pictures. 
W.  52;  P.  800. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

Sometimes  it  is  necessary  to  be  severe.  God  wants 
purity;  Jesus  insists  that  the  temple  was  not  the 
place  where  business  should  be  done ;   He  was  not 


20       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

satisfied  merely  to  think  about  it;  He  turned  out  those 
who  were  profaning  the  temple. 

It  is  God  who  punishes  uncleanness.     Some  good 
things  sometimes  get  into  the  wrong  place. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

Harding    of    St.    Timothy's,    Ch.    V. ;    also    Philip 
Ward's  talk  in  Ch.  VIII. 

For  the  Honor  of  the  School,  p.  88. 
Cleansing  the  Temple,  2  Chron.  29:  12-19. 


STUDY  V. 


HE  CURES  A  LAME  MAN. 

1.     The  Story. 

We  are  now  in  the  early  part  of  the  great  Galilean 
ministry.  The  first  year  of  His  ministry,  called  the 
Judean,  during  which  Jesus  performed  His  first 
miracle,  that  of  turning  water  into  wine,  cleansed 
the  temple,  spoke  with  Nicodemus  about  the  new 
birth  and  told  the  woman  at  the  well  in  Sycar  that 
He  was  the  Christ,  has  closed  (John  2:3 — 4:42). 
John  the  Baptist  has  been  arrested  and  imprisoned 
by  the  wicked  king,  so  Jesus  leaves  Herod's  country 
and  goes  into  Galilee.  Galilee  in  the  days  of  our 
Lord  was  not  the  sparsely  settled  country  it  is  now. 
Josephus  says,  "The  cities  lie  very  thick,  and  the 
very  many  villages  are  everywhere  so  populous  be- 
cause of  the  richness  of  the  soil,  that  the  very  least 
of  them  contains  more  than  fifteen  thousand  inhab- 
itants." He  has  made  one  preaching  and  healing  tour 
through  Galilee  and  a  great  deal  of  interest  has  been 
aroused  by  the  miracles  performed.  He  is  back  in 
Capernaum,  His  adopted  city,  and  has  gone  into  a 
house.  It  may  have  been  His  own  home,  or  Peter's. 
A  crowd  was  there,  made  up  of  people  who  had 
heard  of  His  wonderful  work  and  words.  His 
spreading  fame  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  distin- 
guished men  were  there,  "Pharisees  and  doctors  of 
the  law,"  who  had  come  long  distances  to  see  and 
hear  Him,  even  from  Jerusalem,  seventy  miles  away. 

Over  in  another  part  of  the  city  lies  a  man  help- 
lessly sick.  It  is  easy  to  imagine  his  friends  coming 
to  see  him  and  sympathizing  with  him.  One  would 
tell  the  sick  man  how  sorrv'  he  was ;  another  would 
bring  him  some  dainty,  perhaps  ;  the  next  would  tell 
of  some  remedy  he  had  heard  of.  One  of  his  visitors 
might  even  have  told  him  of  the  great  Physician  who 


22       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

was  doing  such  wonderful  things  for  sick  people,  and 
they  might  have  lamented  together  that  the  man  was 
so  sick  that  he  could  n't  get  to  Jesus  to  be  cured.  But 
one  day  a  friend  comes  to  see  him,  a  friend  who  has 
seen  Jesus  and  has  seen  some  of  His  cures.  As  he 
looks  down  at  the  sick  friend,  whose  name  might  have 
been  Nathan,  he  says :  "Nathan,  you  ought  to  go  to 
Jesus,  He  would  soon  cure  you."  But  Nathan  an- 
swers :  "How  can  I  ?  I  can't  even  stand  up."  I  can 
see  the  visitor  scratch  his  head  and  think  awhile  and 
finally  jump  up  and  run  out.  In  the  street  he  hails 
three  friends  who  happen  to  be  passing  by  and  tells 
them  about  Nathan's  helplessness  and  Jesus'  power  to 
cure.  He  suggests  that  they  each  take  a  corner  of 
the  bed  and  carry — yes,  carry — Nathan  to  where 
Jesus  is.  At  first  they  hesitate.  One  says.  How 
would  it  look?  But  finally  their  scruples  are  over- 
come and  they  climb  up  to  where  Nathan  lies.  When 
the  plan  is  proposed  he  hesitates,  but  finally  consents, 
and  off  they  go.  It  is  a  queer  sight,  a  sick  man  on 
his  bed  carried  by  his  four  friends  through  the  nar- 
row, crowded  streets  of  the  city.  At  length  they 
come  near  the  house  where  Jesus  is  and  as  might 
have  been  expected,  the  street  is  black  with  people. 
They  go  up  to  the  eager  crowd  and  Nathan's  enthusi- 
astic friend  says  :  "If  you  please,  let  us  get  through 
with  this  sick  man."  But  as  in  other  crowds,  the 
man  addressed  says  :  "Don't  bother  me ;  don't  you  see 
I  'm  trying  to  get  there  myself.  I  've  been  here  all 
day  waiting  for  a  chance."  It 's  the  same  with  others, 
until  one  of  the  helpers  says :  "I  told  you  so ;  it  was 
foolish  to  undertake  such  a  thing  as  this."  But 
Nathan's  friend  is  a  real  friend.  He  says,  "Just  let 
him  rest  here  a  moment,  I  '11  soon  be  back,"  and  he 
disappears  around  the  corner  of  the  street.  By  and 
by  back  he  comes  and  he  has  a  piece  of  rope  on  his 
arm.  "What 's  that  for?"  asks  the  man  at  one  corner 
of  the  bed.  "You  '11  see.  Bring  Nathan  up  here,"  and 
he  points  to  the  stairway  running  up  to  the  roof  on 
the  outside  of  the  house.  Here  they  object  again, 
and  even  Nathan  can't  see  what  good  that  is  going 
to  do  them.     But  his  friend,  his  real  friend  insists, 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       23 

and  soon  they  are  on  the  roof.  Tear  it  up,  so  the 
leader  calls  out;  and  under  the  compulsion  of  his 
leadership  they  go  at  it,  and  soon  those  inside  are 
looking  up  to  see  a  man  being  let  down  on  his  bed 
through  a  hole  in  the  roof.  Jesus  looked  up  and 
seeing  the  faith  of  these  men  who  have  overcome 
every  obstacle  to  get  their  friend  near  Him,  He 
speaks  to  the  lame  man,  forgives  his  sins  and  sends 
him  home  with  his  bed  under  his  arm  rejoicing  in 
perfect  health.  (See  The  Teacher,  the  Child  and  the 
Book,  p.  50,  where  Dr.  Schauffler  uses  his  imagina- 
tion in  telling  this  story.) 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Matt.  14:3-5;  4:12-17. 
What   had    Herod    done   to    John?     Which    John 
was    this?      To    what    city    did    Jesus    go? 
Where  was  it? 

Second  Day.     Mark  1:32-34. 

What  shows  that  Jesus  was  popular  at  this 
time? 

Third  Day.     Mark  2:  1,  2;  Luke  5:  17. 

Where  was  Jesus  now?  Who  had  come  to  see 
Him?  Where  had  they  come  from?  How 
far  was  Jerusalem  from  where  Jesus  was? 

Fourth  Day.     Mark  2:3. 

What  was  the  matter  with  the  sick  man?  Who 
brought  him  to  Jesus?  Some  one  has  called 
this  the  first  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

Fifth  Day.     Mark  2:4,  5. 
Why   couldn't   they   get   near  Jesus?     What   did 
they  do?     How  would  they  reach  the  roof? 

Sixth  Day.     Luke  5:  18,  19. 

What  do  we  learn  from  these  verses  that  is  not 
told  us  in  Mark  2:4,  5? 


24       li'HAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

Seventh  Day.     Luke  5:20. 

What  was  it  Jesus  saw  that  led  Him  to  help  the 
sick  man? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  do  something  to  help  others. 
4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize  It  was  noised  that  He  was  in  the  house. 
Mark  2:1. 

Do  people  say  this  about  your  home? 

5.  To  Make. 

Take  one  of  the  outline  maps  of  Palestine. 
Imagine  the  city  you  are  in  to  be  Jerusalem.  From 
an  old  time  table  or  other  source  cut  out  the  name  of 
your  city  and  paste  it  over  Jerusalem.  Find  out  the 
distance  of  Jerusalem  from  Capernaum,  find  some 
city  the  same  distance  from  your  city  as  Jerusalem 
was  from  Capernaum,  cut  out  the  name  of  that  city 
and  paste  it  over  Capernaum ;  draw  a  straight  line 
between  the  two  cities.  Do  the  same  with  Bethlehem, 
Nazareth,  Jericho,  Mount  Hermon,  Bethany,  and 
other  places. 

Make  a  bed;  a  model  of  a  house. 

6.  Pictures. 

a.     Stereographs. 

No.  17  shows  us  a  sight  which  must  often  have 
met  Jesus'  eyes,  the  lepers,  who  kept  crying:  "Un- 
clean 1    Unclean  !" 

No.  18.    A  village  house. 

"Would  Jesus'  house  in  Capernaum  be  like  this? 
(Very  likely,  though  it  may  have  been  only  a  one- 
story  house  like  those  in  Nazareth.)  Notice  the 
substantial  masonry  and  arches  with  their  carven 
emblems.  The  typical  house  here  is  a  sort  of  castle, 
forbidding  and  windowless  without,  but  with  plenty 
of  social  life  in  this   inner  court,  where  the  family 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       25 

lives  most  of  the  time  in  fair  weather.  The  roof  is 
flat  and  covers  an  upper  room  (Mark  14:  15;  Acts 
1 :  13 ;  9:37),  probably  approached  by  a  stairway  on 
the  outside.  The  goats  (Lev.  16:7-27)  who  furnish 
milk  and  meat  and  whose  skins  were  made  into 
receptacles  for  wine,  share  the  sociability  within. 
Where  do  they  sleep?  (With  the  cattle  in  the  first 
story  under  the  archways.)  Is  that  a  small  manger 
or  cradle  by  the  left-hand  door?  See  the  omni- 
present dog.  How  many  women  are  here  ?  How 
many  children?  Try  to  puzzle  out  the  family  rela- 
tionships. Note  that  one  woman  is  grinding  at  the 
mill  (Matt.  24:41)  and  has  her  kneading  trough 
nearby,  and  two  others  seem  to  be  washing  clothes 
with  an  extremely  frugal  amount  of  water.  The 
earthenware  is  dilapidated  and  the  water-pot  is  a  re- 
minder of  those  in  which,  here  at  Cana,  the  water 
was  turned  into  wine.  Apparently  there  is  in  this 
group  as  of  old,  more  interest  in  washings  (Heb. 
9:10)  than  in  bathing.  Read  and  notice  how  the 
scene  illustrates  the  following  parables  of  Jesus : 
The  Householder  (Matt.  13:33)  (Where  is  the 
householder  here?)  ;  the  Leaven  (Matt.  13:33)  (to 
be  stirred  into  the  flour  in  the  pan)  ;  the  Unmerciful 
Servant  (Matt.  18)  (Which  are  servants  here?)  ; 
and  the  Pieces  of  Money  (Luke  15:  8-10)  (in  strings 
in  the  head  dresses  of  the  women)."  Travel  Lessons, 
p.  115,  116. 

No.  5  shows  the  flat  roof  of  the  houses. 

No.  34  also  shows  the  flat  roofs  and  the  tiles  which 
were  broken  up. 

b.     B.  458. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

There  was  at  least  one  man  in  Capernaum  who  was 
not  satisfied  with  knowing  that  Jesus  could  help  sick 
people ;  he  saw  to  it  that  his  sick  friend  got  to  Jesus. 
And  Jesus  was  glad  to  see  such  a  man. 

The  many  interruptions  that  Jesus  suflfered  all 
through  His  life,  as  in  this  story,  show  how  unselfish 
He  was.     It  is  so  hard  to  put  up  with  interruptions ! 


26       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

Jesus  saw  that  the  real  trouble  was  on  the  inside, 
so  He  said  to  the  man,  "Thy  sins  be  forgiven  thee." 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

Baby  Elton  Quarterback,  Ch.  XIV. 
The  lepers  in  2  Kings  7:  3-15. 


STUDY  VI. 


HE  HELPS  A  LONELY  SICK  MAN. 

1.     The  Story. 

The  heartlessness  of  the  world  without  Christianity 
is  abundantly  proved.  Multitudes  of  babies  were 
thrown  into  the  Ganges  by  Indian  mothers,  cruel  and 
inhuman  treatment  was  accorded  sick  people  in  China 
and  Africa.  Palestine  did  not  differ  from  the  other 
countries.  There  we  have  found  the  insane  either 
bound  with  chains  like  wild  animals  or  turned  out  to 
shift  for  themselves  like  the  wild  dogs  of  that  coun- 
try, making  their  homes  among  the  unclean  tombs. 

There  has  recently  been  discovered  in  Jerusalem 
the  Pool  of  Bethesda.  "It  is  forty-five  feet  long  from 
east  to  west  and  measures  twelve  and  a  half  feet  in 
breadth.  A  flight  of  twenty-four  steps  leads  down 
into  the  pool  from  the  eastern  scarp  of  rock.  A 
sister  pool  sixty  feet  long  and  of  the  same  breadth 
lies  beside  it.  The  first  pool  was  arched  in  by  five 
arches,  while  five  corresponding  porches  ran  along  the 
side  of  the  pool." 

By  this  pool  the  poor  invalids  used  to  lie  waiting 
for  the  water  to  bubble  up,  stirred  up  as  they  sup- 
posed by  an  angel.  Then  whoever  got  into  the  water 
first  was  healed.  Great  crowds  used  to  gather  here, 
and  there  must  have  been  great  scrambling  when  the 
right  time  came.  The  crowd  was  heartless,  each  in- 
tent on  getting  into  the  water  and  caring  nothing  for 
any  one  else.  One  poor  fellow  had  been  there  thirty- 
eight  years  and  with  no  one  to  assist  him  he  had  failed 
every  time  he  tried  to  get  down  to  the  water.  One 
Sabbath  Jesus  came  that  way.  He  asked  about  this 
man,  and  found  he  was  the  most  friendless  man  in 
the  crowd.  Going  up  to  him  He  put  to  the  invalid 
what  must  have  seemed  to  him  a  foolish  question : 
"Do  you  want  to  be  cured  ?"   Imagine  the  look  on  that 


28       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

man's  face  when  he  heard  such  a  question  and  gave 
his  pitiful  answer:  "Sir,  I  have  nobody  to  help  me, 
I  'm  all  alone  here."  Our  Lord  was  different  from  the 
crowd ;  He  at  once  stepped  into  the  place  of  the 
"nobody"  and  became  the  sick  man's  friend.  "Don't 
wait  for  the  water  to  be  troubled,"  Jesus  said.  "Get 
up  now ;  take  up  your  bed  and  go  home."  Can't  you 
see  him  as  he  grabs  up  what  is  left  of  the  old  worn- 
out  bed  and  goes  rejoicing  to  his  home — if  he  has 
one? 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Mark  5  :  1-5. 
After  reading  these  verses  describe  the  condition 
of  this  poor  man. 

Second  Day.     John  5:1,  2. 
Where  was  Jesus  now?     What  was  the  name  of 
this  pool? 

Third  Day.     John  5:3,  4. 

What  kind  of  people  were  about  the  pool  ?  Were 
there  many?    What  were  they  waiting  for? 

Fourth  Day.     John  5  :  5. 

How  long  had  this  man  been  sick?  If  he  were 
there  in  1907,  and  had  been  there  thirty-eight 
years,  in  what  year  would  he  have  been  there 
first  ? 

Fifth  Day.     John  5  :  6,  7. 
What  did  Jesus  know  about  him?    What  did  Jesus 
ask    him?      What    did    the    man    say?      Why 
didn't  some  of  the  crowd  (5:  3)  help  him? 

Sixth  Day.    John  5  :  8,  9. 
What  did  Jesus  say  to  him?     What  did  the  man 
do? 

Seventh  Day.     John  5  :  1-9. 
Could  n't  some  one  have  helped  this  man  into  the 
pool?    Did  Jesus  put  him  into  the  pool?    How 
did  Jesus  cure  him? 


IVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       29 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  help  some  of  the  boys  for  whom  no 
one  cares. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize  the  words  no  man,  rise,  take,  walk. 

5.  To  Make. 

Draw  a  map  of  your  own  state  and  then  alongside 
of  it  draw  a  map  of  Palestine  on  the  same  scale. 

6.  Pictures. 

W.  546,  62. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

Here  was  a  whole  city,  full  of  acquaintances  and 
friends,  neglecting  a  poor  cripple ;  but  the  first  time 
Jesus  sees  him  He  helps  him !  There  never  was 
any  one  so  unselfish  as  Jesus.  He  was  always  glad 
to  help  those  whom  nobody  else  cared  for. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

Harding  of  St.  Timothy's,  Ch.  II. 
Baby  Elton  Quarterback,  Ch.  XIII. 
The  little  girl  in  2  Kings  5 :  1-14. 


STUDY  VII. 


HE  CHOOSES  HIS  COMPANIONS. 

1.     The  Story. 

We  must  not  think  of  Jesus  going  about  the  coun- 
try all  alone.  From  the  very  beginning  the  people 
followed  Him.  He  probably  appeared  alone  when 
He  came  to  John  seeking  baptism,  but  from  that 
hour  men  began  to  acknowledge  Him  as  Master  and 
Leader.  Luke  tells  us  that  there  were  men  other  than 
the  apostles,  who  were  constantly  with  Him.  "The 
men  that  have  companied  with  us  all  the  time  that 
the  Lord  Jesus  went  in  and  out  among  us,  beginning 
from  the  baptism  of  John  unto  the  day  that  He  was 
received  up."  And  there  were  also  women  who  were 
always  with  Him,  performing,  no  doubt,  those  gen- 
tler duties  which  men  seem  to  be  incapable  of,  who 
supplied  some  of  his  needs  (Luke  8:  1-3).  These 
were  the  disciples,  those  who  sought  to  learn  from 
Him,  as  a  scholar  learns  from  a  teacher;  for  that  is 
what  the  word  disciple  means,  learner.  But  now, 
when  His  fame  was  at  its  height,  when  crowds  fol- 
low Him  everywhere.  He  feels  the  need  of  closer 
friends,  He  sees,  looming  up  before  Him,  His  death 
at  Jerusalem;  He  realizes  the  shortness  of  the  time 
before  Him,  and  the  necessity  of  training  certain  se- 
lect men  to  carry  on  this  work  after  His  departure. 
As  was  His  custom  when  some  great  decision  was  at 
hand.  He  now  spends  an  entire  night  alone  in  a  quiet 
place  in  prayer,  and  in  the  morning,  calling  the 
crowd  to  come  near  Him,  He  selects  the  twelve  best 
fitted  for  His  purpose  and  gives  them  a  new  name — 
"Apostles-Missionaries."  Some  of  these  had  had  a 
more  or  less  intimate  relation  with  Him.  Five  or  six 
had  joined  Him  upon  His  return  from  the  wilderness 
where  He  was  tempted.  Peter  was  one  of  this  com- 
pany.    They  did  not  remain  with  Him  at  that  time, 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       31 

for  later  He  found  James  and  John,  Peter  and  An- 
drew, two  pairs  of  brothers,  engaged  in  their  trade  as 
fishermen  and  invited  them  to  become  His  disciples. 
Then  He  found  Matthew.  But  now  the  final  selection 
is  made  as  He  designates  the  twelve  who  are  to  en- 
joy forever  the  distinction  of  having  been  in  the 
original  apostolic  band. 

Having  chosen  them  He  speaks  to  them  what  we 
call  the  "Sermon  on  the  Mount,"  a  sort  of  inaugural 
charge  to  this  sacred  college. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Luke  8:  1-3.     Acts  1 :  21,  22. 

Who  went  with  Jesus  besides  His  apostles?  Were 
they  always  with  Him?  What  did  these  peo- 
ple do  for  Him? 

Second  Day.     Mark  3  :  7-10. 

How  many  people  were  with  Him  now?  Where 
had  they  come  from  ?  Mark  these  places  on 
one  of  the  maps  you  have  made. 

Third  Day.     Luke  6 :  12. 

Before  choosing  His  apostles  how  did  He  spend 
the  night?    Where? 

Fourth  Day.     John  1 :  35-42. 

This  passage  refers  to  the  very  beginning  of  His 
public  life  ?  What  disciples  became  acquainted 
with  Him  now? 

Fifth  Day.     Matt.  4 :  18-22 ;  9 :  9. 

Which  disciples  did  He  meet,  according  to  these 
two  passages?    What  were  they  doing? 

Sixth  Day.     Luke  6:  13-19. 

What  had  these  men  been  called  ?  What  were 
they  called  now?  Write  out  the  list  of  the 
twelve. 


32       IVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

Seventh  Day.     Mark  3  :  13-19. 
What  does  verse  14  tell  us  about  why  Jesus  called 
these  men  out  of  the  crowd  ?     Mention  one  or 
two  reasons  why  Jesus  wanted  to  have  a  select 
company  about  Him. 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 
That  I  may  select  my  companions  very  carefully. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize  in  John  1  the  names  of  the  disciples 
and  the  seven  names  by  which  Jesus  is  called. 

5.  To  Make. 

Four  lists  of  the  Twelve  from  Matt.  10 ;  Mark  3 ; 
Luke  6  and  Acts  1.  Notice  who  is  always  first  and 
who  always  last.  Arrange  each  twelve  in  three 
groups  of  four  each ;  notice  the  leader  of  each  group 
is  always  the  same  and  the  same  men  are  always  in 
the  same  group,  but  in  a  different  order. 

6.  Pictures. 

a.    Stereographs. 

No.  20.  Find  the  location  of  this  picture  on  the 
map  in  Travel  Lessons. 

"This  gorge  before  us  marks  the  road  that  Jesus 
took  so  often  from  Nazareth  to  Capernaum.  It  was 
part  of  the  highway  from  the  south  to  Damascus.  It 
was  in  Jesus'  boyhood  a  famous  nest  of  robbers.  Can 
you  see  a  road  leading  over  that  more  level  tract  be- 
yond ?  That  steep  cleft  still  farther  away  is  called 
the  Valley  of  the  Pigeons,  because  of  the  multitude 
of  pigeons  that  make  their  nests  in  its  walls.  Just 
beyond  it  is  Magdala.  As  we  are  looking  to  the 
northeast  the  level  place  beyond  on  the  northwestern 
shore  of  Galilee  is  the  plain  of  Gennesaret.  Some- 
v.'here  on  that  curve  of  shore  lay  Capernaum,   long 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       33 

vanished  and  lost.  Nearly  all  the  scenes  of  the  minis- 
try in  Galilee  are  visible  from  this  spot.  Now,  try 
to  imagine  this  hilltop  bright  with  flowers  and  the 
many-colored  garments  of  the  throng,  the  pathway 
below  filled  with  an  approaching  multitude,  swarming 
up  here  from  the  populous  shores  of  the  Sea  of  Gali- 
lee and  the  sections  round  about,  and  Jesus  sitting 
here,  announcing  the  names  of  the  Twelve,  and  then 
speaking  the  gracious  Beatitudes."  Travel  Les- 
sons, 124. 

b.     B.  230,  649. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

Jesus  felt  the  need  of  friends,  and  He  was  careful 
in  selecting  them.  He  traveled  with  these  men  for 
nearly  a  year  before  He  made  them  His  bosom 
friends.  He  saw  that  He  would  need  companions  of 
the  right  kind.  He  asked  God  to  help  Him  select 
the  right  ones. 


STUDY  VIII. 


HE  SHOWS  HIS  POWER  OVER  NATURE. 

1.    The  Story. 

The  Sea  of  Galilee,  thirteen  by  seven  miles,  was 
one  of  the  central  points  in  the  geography  of  our 
Lord's  life.  Jesus  crossed  it  again  and  again.  "This 
little  sea  fills  the  largest  place  in  the  life  of  Jesus, 
for  on  its  waves  and  around  its  shores  most  of  His 
mighty  works  were  done ;  and  it  will  always  fill  a 
large  place  in  the  minds  and  hearts  of  all  who  love 
His  name."  The  Rabbis  said,  "Jehovah  hath  created 
seven  seas,  but  the  sea  of  Gennesaret  is  His  delight." 
To  Capernaum  on  its  shores  He  often  returned  as  to 
a  home.  He  must  have  been  thoroughly  familiar  with 
this  lake,  as  a  man  would  be  who  lived  on  the  shores 
of  Lake  George  to-day.  "Where  there  are  now  no 
trees,  there  were  [in  Jesus'  day]  great  woods;  where 
there  are  marshes,  were  noble  gardens ;  where  there 
is  but  a  boat  or  two,  there  were  fleets ;  where  there 
is  one  town,  there  were  nine  or  ten.  We  know  this 
from  Josephus,  who  fully  describes  the  province  he 
governed  and  fought  over  only  thirty-four  years 
after  our  Lord's  ministry — too  short  a  time  for  the 
country  to  have  changed." 

Situated  as  it  was,  among  the  surrounding  moun- 
tains, exposed  to  a  burning  sun  by  day,  it  was  subject 
to  just  such  fickle  winds  as  we  experience  on  similar 
lakes  to-day.  Consequently  it  was  subject  to  sud- 
den storms. 

At  the  close  of  a  busy  day,  seeking  rest  from  the 
tiresome  crowd,  Jesus  said  to  His  disciples,  "Let  us 
cross  the  lake  to  a  quieter  place  on  the  other  shore." 
As  they  sailed  He  fell  asleep,  worn  out  no  doubt  by 
the  work  and  worry  of  the  day.  For  Jesus  was  very 
human,  although  He  was  God.  He  knew  what  it  was 
to  be  hungry  and  thirsty,  He  was  sometimes  weary, 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       35 

and  so  now  tired  nature  asserts  herself  and  He  sleeps, 
although  the  storm  rages  around  the  little  boat.  It 
seemed  to  His  disciples  as  if  the  boat  would  be 
swamped,  and  in  amazement  at  His  seeming  indiffer- 
ence to  their  welfare,  they  awake  Him.  Then  with  a 
majestic  calmness  which  still  further  astonished  them 
and  wrung  from  them  the  cry,  "What  manner  of 
man  is  this?"  He  speaks  to  the  angry  waters: 
"Peace,  be  still,"  and  there  was  peace ;  the  waves 
were  still. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Luke  5:1;  Mark  1 :  16 ;  John  6:1. 
What  names  are  given  to  this  lake?     Draw  it  and 
indicate  where  Capernaum  was. 

Second  Day.     Mark  4:35;  Luke  8:22. 

Notice  how  Jesus  was  often  on  the  Sea  of  Galilee. 
Third  Day.     Mark  4 :  36-38. 

What  kind  of  a  day  had  Jesus  had?  How  did  He 
feel?    What  was  done  with  Him? 

Fourth  Day.     Mark  4  :  39-41. 

What  happened?  What  was  Jesus  doing?  What 
did  Jesus  do?    How  did  the  disciples  feel  then? 

Fifth  Day.    Luke  8 :  23-25. 

What  did  they  say  to  Jesus?    Were  they  afraid? 
Sixth  Day.     Matt.  8 :  23-27. 

Was  there  much  of  a  storm  ?  What  did  the  disci- 
ples say  about  Jesus? 

Seventh  Day.     Mark  4:  35-41. 
What  in  this   story  shows   us   that  Jesus  was   hu- 
man?    What  did  His  disciples  think  of  Him 
after  this  event? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  this  Jesus  who  had  such  power  may  be  my 
helper. 


36       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

4.     Bible  Marking, 
Emphasize  asleep,  fearful,  the  wind  ceased. 

5.  To  Make. 

A  boat.  Make  a  sand  map  showing  the  scene  of 
intervening  events. 

6.  Pictures. 

a.  Stereographs. 

No.  22.    The  Sea  of  GaHlee. 

No.  23.  "In  the  distance  you  see  the  mountains  of 
GaHlee.  That  great  rent  through  the  nearer  moun- 
tain is  the  Valley  of  the  Pigeons,  and  through  that 
valley  we  can  see  the  traditional  Mount  of  Beatitudes, 
upon  which  we  stood  (No.  20)  and  looked  down  to 
this  shore.  Get  these  points  by  the  relief  map. 
Jesus'  boyhood  home,  Nazareth,  lies  about  twenty- 
five  miles  away,  a  little  to  the  right,  beyond  those 
mountains  directly  before  us.  Capernaum,  the  place 
where  Jesus  came  to  make  His  home  for  a  whole 
year,  the  second  year  of  His  ministry,  was  probably 
on  the  shore  behind  us.  Chorazin  was  located  up  in 
the  hills  in  our  rear.  What  prophecy  of  Jesus  has 
since  then  been  fulfilled?  (Matt.  11:20-24.)  The 
multitudes  from  the  hill  country  around  Nazareth 
are  to  be_  imagined  coming  toward  us  near  the  shore." 
Travel  Lessons,  139. 

No.  36  gives  us  another  view  of  the  Sea  of  Galilee. 

b.  W.  78. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

Exhausted  and  anxious  to  rest,  Jesus  responded  at 
once  to  the  call  of  His  frightened  apostles  and  helped 
them  in  their  distress.  We  find  it  hard  to  give  up 
our  own  ease  for  the  sake  of  some  one  else. 

He  who  had  power  over  the  wind  and  waves  is 
willing  to  use  that  power  in  my  behalf. 


STUDY  IX. 


HE  FEEDS   MORE   THAN   FIVE  THOUSAND 
PEOPLE. 

1.     The  Story. 

The  disciples  were  slowly  learning  that  it  was  im- 
possible to  put  Jesus  in  a  position  to  which  He  was 
not  equal.  He  had  met  and  vanquished  the  great 
enemy,  Satan ;  He  had  not  been  afraid  to  interfere 
with  the  vested  rights  of  those  who  were  dese- 
crating the  temple ;  disease  of  all  kind  disappeared  at 
His  touch ;  even  the  elements — the  winds  and  waves 
— obeyed  His  voice  as  if  a  master  were  speaking  to 
them.  They  were  to  learn  now  that  He  could  supply 
another  kind  of  need. 

He  had  sent  His  disciples  out  into  the  country  to 
teach  and  to  heal,  while  He  was  doing  the  same 
things  elsewhere.  Great  crowds  were  attracted  to 
Him,  for  it  was  the  Passover  season  and  multitudes 
would  be  moving  along  towards  Jerusalem. 

Just  now  Herod  killed  John,  whom  he  had  had  in 
prison  for  some  time,  and  when  Jesus  heard  it  He 
went  across  the  lake  out  of  Herod's  country  to 
Bethsaida.  The  apostles  had  returned  from  their 
tour  and  were  anxiously  telling  their  Master  about 
their  success.  They  needed  rest,  they  had  hardly 
time  to  eat,  He  wished  to  confer  with  them,  and 
so  as  He  is  about  to  leave  Galilee  He  invites  these 
men,  who  are  being  trained  for  their  work,  to  go 
with  Him  into  the  sparsely  settled  country  for  rest. 
But  the  crowd  is  not  so  easily  disposed  of.  They 
had  seen  some  miracles  and  wanted  to  see  some  more. 
Divining  His  intention,  when  they  see  the  little  boat- 
load put  out  from  the  shore,  they  run  around  on  foot, 
and  arrive  before  the  boat.     But  though  His  plans 


38       WHAT  MANNER  OP  MAN  IS  THIS? 

were  frustrated  He  "had  compassion  on  them,"  He 
welcomed  them,  and  laying  aside  His  own  comfort 
He  spent  the  day  in  teaching  them  and  healing  their 
sick  folk.  As  it  drew  towards  evening  His  disciples, 
who  no  doubt  had  been  restless  all  day  long,  and 
perhaps  displeased  that  His  time  was  given  to  the 
crowd  and  not  to  them,  suggested  to  Him  that  the 
people  ought  to  be  sent  home,  for  there  was  nothing 
to  eat  there.  But  Jesus  said  :  "No,  they  need  not  go 
away ;  you  feed  them."  The  astonished  disciples,  in 
that  matter-of-fact  way  so  characteristic  of  them, 
exclaimed,  "Shall  we  go  and  buy  food?"  Then  An- 
drew, who  has  been  called  the  Scotsman  of  the  apos- 
tles, ventured  to'  say  that  a  little  boy  was  there  with 
five  flat  barley  loaves  or  crackers,  and  two  fishes. 
Notwithstanding  all  they  had  seen,  and  all  they  them- 
selves had  done  on  their  recent  tour,  they  wondered 
how  such  a  small  supply  could  do  any  good  among 
five  thousand  men,  besides  the  women  and  children. 
But  Jesus,  who  is  becoming  accustomed  to  their 
strange  lack  of  faith,  replies :  "Bring  them  to  me" ; 
and  the  little  fellow  whose  mother  perhaps  had  given 
him  this  little  basket  of  food  for  his  lunch  when  he 
left  home  that  morning  quietly  surrenders  all  he  has 
at  Jesus'  word,  and  becomes  forever  famous.  Then 
follows  the  careful  arrangement  in  companies  of 
fifty  and  a  hundred.  Jesus  thanks  His  heavenly 
Father  for  the  food  thus  given  and  hands  it  to  the 
disciples  to  distribute.  To  every  one's  amazement 
all  have  enough  and  to  spare,  and  each  of  the  doubt- 
ful disciples  gathers  up  a  big  basketful  at  the  end  of 
the  meal.  The  people  were  convinced  that  this  was 
the  sort  of  a  ruler  they  wanted,  one  who  could  supply 
their  bodily  wants;  and  they  strove  to  make  Him 
their  earthly  king. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Mark  6:22-29. 
Who  was  the  ruler?     What  had  he  just  done  to 
John? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       39 

Second  Day.     Mark  6 :  7,  12,  13. 
Jesus  sends  His  disciples  out  to  do  what  He  has 
been  doing.    Were  they  successful? 

Third  Day.     Mark  6 :  30-33. 
What  did  He  say  to  His  disciples?     Why?     Were 
they  very  busy?    Where  did  they  go? 

Fourth  Day.     Matt.  14 :  14 ;  Mark  6 :  34. 

When  Jesus  saw  the  crowd  how  did  He  feel? 
Fifth  Day.     Mark  6 :  35-37 ;  John  6 :  8,  9. 
What  time  of  the  day  was  it?    What  did  the  disci- 
ples suggest?     What  did   Andrew  tell  Jesus? 
What  did  Jesus  tell  His  disciples? 

Sixth  Day.     Mark  6 :  38-46. 

How  many   people   were   there?     How   were   they 

arranged?    What  did  Jesus  do  before  breaking 

the  bread  ?    Did  every  one  get  enough  ?    After 

the  people  were  sent  away  what  did  Jesus  do? 

Seventh  Day.     Matt.  14:20,  21. 
How  many  disciples  were  there?     What  did  they 
do?     How  much  of  the  bread  and  fishes  did 
each  of  them  get?    How  much  had  each  of  the 
people  had?    Who  got  the  most? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  this  Jesus,  who  could  help  so  many  with  so 
little,  will  help  me. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize,  Give  ye  them  to  eat  in  Mark  6.  In 
Matt.  14:  17-20  imderline  five  loaves  and  two  fishes, 
blessed,  brake,  gave,  twelve  baskets  full,  and  then 
connect  them  with  diagonal  lines. 

5.     To  Make. 

On  the  sand  map  make  the  Sea  of  Galilee  and  the 
surrounding  country.     Use  a  piece  of  looking  glass 


40       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

for  the  sea ;  moss  can  be  used  for  grass.  Make  a 
small  boat  to  show  how  Jesus  crossed  the  sea ;  show 
where  the  people  ran  round  the  end  of  the  lake. 

6.     Pictures. 

a.     Stereographs. 

No.  23.  "The  feeding  of  the  five  thousand  was 
upon  such  a  strand  and  hillside  as  this,  a  few  miles 
behind  us,  near  the  entrance  of  the  Jordan  into  the 
lake,  probably  near  Bethsaida  Julias.  (See  map.) 
We  catch  here  the  situation  and  the  view  which 
Jesus  had  in  looking  along  the  shore  from  the  moun- 
tain where  He  spent  that  night  in  prayer;  we  are 
looking  upon  the  shore  not  far  from  where  Jesus  and 
His  disciples  landed  the  next  morning."  Travel 
Lessons,  p.  139. 

No.  IS.     Locate  this  picture  on  the  map. 

"What  a  magnificent  prospect !  There  is  Mount 
Gerizim  rising  off  there  to  our  right,  as  our  study  of 
the  map  led  us  to  expect.  As  we  remember  we  are 
standing  here  near  the  center  of  Palestine  looking 
south,  Galilee  and  most  of  Samaria  are  behind  us. 
Before  us  we  look  over  the  tableland  of  Judea  as  far 
south  as  Shiloh,  and  even  Bethel.  That  road  stretch- 
ing away  in  the  distance  is  the  road  to  Jerusalem. 
How  far  away  before  us  is  Jerusalem?  Down  that 
path  wandered  Abraham,  the  father  of  the  Hebrew 
people,  when  he  first  passed  southward  seeking  a 
home.  He  camped  here  in  this  valley,  he  may  have 
climbed  one  of  these  mountains  to  reconnoitre,  and 
he  tarried  at  Bethel  before  he  moved  south  to 
Hebron.  Jacob,  his  grandson,  passed  through  here 
when  he  was  driven  from  his  home  in  Hebron  by  the 
anger  of  his  brother  Isaac,  and  many  years  later 
when  he  was  rich  in  servants  and  cattle,  he  dug  a 
well  here  in  this  valley  full  of  springs,  which  he  cap- 
tured from  the  native  Amorites  (Gen.  33:  18-20). 
It  is  in  that  enclosure  down  at  our  left  beyond  those 
orchards.  The  Greek  monks  have  built  a  wall  around 
it.  Here,  to  the  center  of  the  land,  the  Israelites 
came  when  they  marched  in  from  Egypt,  and  here, 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       41 

beneath  that  white-domed  building  down  at  our  ex- 
treme left,  is  the  tomb  which  they  made  for  their  dis- 
tinguished prince,  Joseph,  Jacob's  son  (Josh.  24:  32). 
A  little  to  the  right  where  the  mountain  walls  came 
nearer  together,  Joshua,  their  leader,  gathered  them 
in  two  bands  and  declared  from  Gerizim  the  blessings 
and  from  the  mountain  on  which  we  stand  the  curses. 
Joshua  himself  was  buried  later  on  the  mountain 
slopes  behind  us.  This  region  was  the  scene  of  many 
other  notable  events  in  Israel's  history,  but  after  the 
exile  it  was  settled  by  a  mixed  population,  Jews  who 
had  intermarried  with  their  conquerors  and  with  the 
native  races.  They  still  continued  the  worship  of 
Jehovah  and  built  a  temple  for  Him  on  Mount 
Gerizim,  which  they  declared  was  the  Mount  Moriah 
where  Abraham  went  to  sacrifice  Isaac."  Travel 
Lessons,  pp.  106,  107. 

b.     W.  83 ;  P.  684. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

The  size  of  the  task  ought  not  to  discourage  us. 

The  little  boy  had  one  small  basket  of  food ;  each  of 
the  five  thousand  got  one  meal ;  but  each  of  the  dis- 
ciples who  helped  Jesus  in  His  work  got  a  big  basket 
full — enough  for  many  meals. 

The  only  person  in  the  story  who  got  nothing  was 
Jesus ;  He  gave  it  all  away. 

The  disciples  did  not  keep  feeding  the  front  row 
over  and  over,  they  distributed  the  bread  among  all. 
Those  far  away  were  not  neglected. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

The  people  fed  in  2  Kings  4 :  42-44. 


STUDY  X. 


THE  STRANGE  SCENE  ON  A  MOUNTAIN. 

1.     The  Story. 

A  few  times  during  His  earthly  life  our  Lord  seems 
to  wish  to  make  it  plain  that  He  is  more  than  human. 
Such  a  time  was  what  we  call  "The  transfiguration," 
that  strange  scene  on  the  mountain.  His  great  Gali- 
lean ministry  is  about  over.  He  is  nearing  the  end 
of  His  earthly  life,  and  no  doubt  is  thinking  of  that 
great  sacrifice  which  He  is  soon  to  make.  He  feels 
the  need  of  prayer.  A  crisis  has  arrived  and  as  on 
other  such  occasions  He  goes  aside  for  prayer.  Leav- 
ing most  of  the  disciples  on  the  plain  below,  taking 
His  three  closest  friends,  Peter,  James  and  John,  He 
goes  up  into  Mount  Hermon  to  pray.  As  He  prays 
a  wonderful  light  comes  upon  Him ;  His  face  shines 
as  bright  as  the  sun  and  even  His  clothes  become 
beautifully  white.  Moses  and  Elijah  appear,  repre- 
senting the  law  and  the  prophets.  They  talk  with 
Him  about  His  death  soon  to  take  place  at  Jeru- 
salem. 

While  this  is  going  on  in  the  heights,  down  at  the 
foot  of  the  mountain  the  disciples  seem  to  have  been 
disputing  with  the  scribes.  Their  power  has  been 
withdrawn,  for  they  are  unable  to  heal  a  sick  boy 
who  has  been  brought  to  them. 

Even  those  who  had  been  privileged  to  be  close  to 
Jesus  during  this  wonderful  scene  did  not  realize 
what  it  was  to  be,  nor  were  they  ready  when  it  came. 
As  on  another  memorable  occasion  "they  were  heavy 
with  sleep."  But  when  they  awoke  and  saw  the 
beauty  of  the  scene,  the  transfigured  Christ,  the  two 
heavenly  visitors,  Peter  the  impetuous,  not  knowing 
what  to  say,  declares  it  would  be  good  if  they  could 
always  stay  there,  and  suggests  the  building  of  little 
houses  or  tents  for  the  three  leaders — Jesus,  Moses 


44       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

and  Elijah.  But  suddenly  Moses  and  Elijah  go  away 
in  a  cloud,  and  God  speaks,  saying:  "This  is  my  be- 
loved Son ;  hear  him."  Filled  with  fear  they  fall 
upon  their  faces,  until  Jesus  reassures  them.  Look- 
ing up  they  find  themselves  alone  with  Jesus,  who 
hurries  them  down  to  the  foot  of  the  mountain, 
where  the  other  disciples  were  struggling  without 
success  to  heal  the  poor  sick  boy. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Matt.  17:  1,  2. 

Mount  Hermon  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  moun- 
tain referred  to.  Locate  it  on  one  of  the  maps 
you  have  made.  Whom  did  He  take  with 
Him?     Describe  what  happened. 

Second  Day.     Mark  9:2,  3. 
What  does  Mark  say  happened? 

Third  Day.     Luke  9  :  28,  29. 
What  did   He  go  into  the  mountain  for?     What 
was  He  doing  when  the  change  came? 

Fourth  Day.     Matt.  17:3;  Luke  9 :  30,  31. 
Who  talked  with  Him?    Had  these  men  been  dead 
long?     What  did  they  talk  about? 

Fifth  Day.     Luke  9:32,  33. 
What  was  the  matter  with  the  disciples?     What 
did  Peter  say?    What  did  he  mean  by  "taber- 
nacles"? 

Sixth  Day.     Mark  9 :  4-8. 
How    did   the   disciples    feel?     What   made   Peter 
say  what  he  did? 

Seventh  Day.     Matt.  17:4-8. 
What  did  the  voice  from  heaven  say?    How  did  it 
affect    the    disciples?      Who    came    to    them? 
When  they  looked  up,  whom  did  they  see? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?      45 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  go  to  my  heavenly  Father,  as  Jesus 
went  to  Him,  in  prayer. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

In  Matt.  17  underHne  Peter,  James,  John,  Moses, 
Elijah,  no  man  save  Jesus  only,  and  connect  them 
with  a  diagonal  line.  Emphasize  This  is  my  beloved 
Son. 

5.  To  Make, 

Three  tents  or  tabernacles  such  as  Peter  sug- 
gested. 

6.  Pictures. 

a.  Stereographs. 

No.  25.  Old  gate  to  Cassarea  Philippi  at  the  foot 
of  Mount  Hermon,  which  may  have  been  the  scene 
of  the  transfiguration. 

No.  19.  Here  we  see  the  booth  or  tabernacle  such 
as  Peter  suggested  should  be  built. 

b.  W.  89 ;  P.  39. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

Jesus  always  sought  help  in  prayer. 
The  thing  Jesus  thought  about  most  was  His  death. 
When  we  talk  with  God,  men  will  know  by  our 
looks  that  something  wonderful  has  taken  place. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

Moses  on  the  mountain,  Ex.  19:  3-13. 


STUDY  XL 


REVIEW. 

Show  how  the  lessons  show  Jesus  the  mighty 
worker.  Born  as  a  helpless  baby,  growing  up  as  an 
ordinary  boy  grows,  quietly  working  as  a  carpenter 
until  He  is  thirty  years  old.  Then  He  is  tested, 
after  receiving  His  Father's  approval,  and  begins  His 
great  career.  He  cures  the  lame,  helps  the  lonely, 
chooses  His  friends  and  shows  His  power  over  na- 
ture by  stilling  the  storm  and  multiplying  the  bread 
and  fishes.  Then  came  that  wonderful  day  on  the 
mountain  when,  as  at  the  beginning.  His  Father 
spoke  to  Him  from  heaven. 

Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Luke  2:  1-7. 

Second  Day.     Luke  2:41-50. 

Third  Day.     Matt.  4:l-n. 

Fourth  Day.     Matt.  21  :  12-17. 

Fifth  Day.    Luke  5  :  17-26. 

Sixth  Day.     John  5:1-8;  Mark  6 :  30-46. 

Seventh  Day.     Luke  9 :  2-13. 


STUDY  XII. 


A  REAL  NEIGHBOR. 

1.     The  Story. 

In  the  house  where  Jesus  lived  as  a  boy,  most  of 
the  teaching  was  in  the  form  of  stories  and  no  doubt 
He  would  Hsten  attentively  to  His  father  or  to  the 
old  grandfather  telling  his  evening  story  when  work 
was  done.  It  may  have  been  that  Jesus  learned  to 
tell  stories  in  just  this  way,  by  hearing  them.  He 
was  a  wonderful  teller  of  stories  and  a  wonderful 
teacher.  This  story  of  the  good  Samaritan  is  one  of 
His  best. 

The  occurrence  was  interesting.  A  lawyer,  not  in 
our  sense,  but  a  man  who  had  studied  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, came  to  Jesus  just  as  a  boy  would  go  to  his 
teacher  now,  when  he  has  a  hard  problem  in  arith- 
metic. He  called  Jesus  teacher.  He  had  a  trouble- 
some question:  "What  shall  I  do  to  inherit  eternal 
life?"  and  he  brought  it  to  this  great  Teacher.  Like 
a  good  teacher  Jesus  asked  him  some  questions  about 
the  lessons  he  had  been  studying  and  the  man  an- 
swered very  well,  even  quoting  the  lessons  he  had 
learned  word  for  word.  He  had  evidently  learned 
them  by  heart,  and  Jesus  told  him  his  answers  were 
correct.  But  the  man  was  not  entirely  satisfied,  so 
he  asked  Jesus  another  question :  "Who  is  my  neigh- 
bor?" Jesus  seemed  to  feel  that  the  best  way  to 
answer  him  now  was  to  tell  him  the  story,  so  He 
began:  "You  know  that  dangerous  road  that  goes 
down  from  Jerusalem  to  Jericho?  Well,  a  man,  a 
Jew  was  going  down  there  once,  and  some  of  the 
robbers  who  infested  the  place  jumped  out  upon  him 
from  a  secluded  spot.  They  beat  him  and  robbed 
him  of  everything  he  had,  even  his  clothes,  and  left 


48       IVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

him  more  dead  than  alive.  It  so  happened  that  one 
of  the  priests,  having  finished  his  vv^ork  in  the  tem- 
ple at  Jerusalem  was  going  home  that  day  by  that 
same  road.  He  had  plenty  of  time,  for  he  would  n't 
have  to  be  in  the  temple  again  for  some  weeks.  He 
saw  the  poor  fellow  lying  there — he  could  n't  help 
seeing  him — but  strange  to  say  he  just  walked  right 
past  him,  keeping  on  the  other  side  of  the  road. 
By  and  by  a  Levite  came  along  the  road.  He,  too, 
was  coming  from  the  temple  and  was  going  home  to 
rest.  He  not  only  saw  the  poor  wounded  man,  but 
he  came  up  and  looked  at  him,  and  then  he,  too, 
turned  and  went  on  his  way  unconcerned.  But  pretty 
soon  a  Samaritan  business  man  came  riding  along 
on  horseback.  You  know  how  the  Jews  hate 
Samaritans?  Well,  strange  as  it  may  seem,  as  soon 
as  this  Samaritan  saw  that  half-dead  Jew  he  felt 
so  sorry  for  him  that  he  did  n't  seem  to  care  about 
the  delay,  or  the  inconvenience,  or  any  such  thing, 
but  he  got  right  down  from  his  horse,  took  out  some 
linen  he  had  with  him,  and  kept  pouring  oil  and 
wine  on  his  wounds,  while  he  bound  them  up  as  best 
he  could.  And  when  the  man  recovered  conscious- 
ness he  lifted  him  up  on  the  horse  he  had  been  riding 
and  walked  along  leading  the  horse  until  he  came  to 
a  hotel.  There  he  did  everything  for  him  himself 
as  long  as  he  could  stay.  And  the  next  day,  when 
he  had  to  go  on  to  attend  to  his  business,  he  gave  the 
hotel  keeper  some  money  to  pay  for  the  penniless 
Jew  and  told  him  to  take  good  care  of  him,  and  if  it 
cost  any  more  he  would  make  it  all  right  when  he 
came  back."  Then  Jesus  said,  "Can  you  tell  me 
which  of  those  three  men,  the  priest,  the  Levite  or 
the  Samaritan,  was  that  poor  fellow's  real  neighbor?" 
The  proud  lawyer  would  not  say  the  hateful  word, 
Samaritan,  for  he  was  a  Jew,  so  he  answered,  "The 
one  that  had  pity  on  him."  "Yes,"  said  Jesus,  "that 's 
right.  Now  you  go  and  do  as  he  did  to  the  poor, 
helpless  people  wherever  you  find  them  and  whoever 
they  may  be." 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?      49 


Tlieparatieof  ST.  LUKE. 

15  And  tlion,  Capernaum,  which  art  ex- 
alted to  heaven,  shall  be  thrust  down  to 
helL 

16  He  that  hearcth  you  heareth  me; 
and  he  that  despiscth  you  despieeth  me ; 
and  he  that  despiscth  me  despiseth  him 
that  sent  me. 

17  1  jVjid  the  serenty  rettinied  again 
with  joy,  saying.  Lord,  even  the  devils 
are  subject  nntoTis  tlirough  thy  name. 

18  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  beheld 
Batan  as  lightning  fall  from  heaven. 

19  Behold,  I  give  unto  you  power  to 
tread  on  serpents  and  scorpions,  and  over 
all  the  power  of  the  enemy;  and  nothing 
shall  by  any  means  hurt  you. 

20  Notwithstanding,  in  this  rejoice  not, 
that  the  spirits  are  subject  unto  you; 
but  rather  rejoice,  because  your  names 
are  written  in  heaveiL 

31  ^  In  that  hour  Jesus  rejoiced  in  opiT' 
it,  and  said,  I  thank  thee,  O  Father,  tord 
of  heaven  and  eartb,  that  thou  hast  hid 
these  things  from  the  wise  and  prudent, 
and  hast  revealed  them  unto  babes:  even 
Bo,  Father;  for  so  it  seemed  good  In  thy 
sight. 

^  AD  filings  are  delivered  to  me  of  my 
Father:  and  no  man  knoweth  who  the 
Bon  is,  but  the  Father;  and  who  the  Fa- 
ther is,  but  the  Son,  and  he  to  whom  the 
Son  will  reveal  Am. 

23  T[  And  he  turned  him  unto  hia  disd- 
ples,  and  said  privately.  Blessed  are  the 
eyes  which  sec  the  things  that  ye  see; 

24  For  I  tell  you,  that  many  prophets 
and  kings  have  desired  to  see  those  things 
which  ye  see,  and  have  not  seen  them; 
and  to  Lear  those  things  which  ye  hear, 
and  have  not  heard  thmi. 

25  ^AJid,behold,acertain  lawyer  stood 
up,  and.  tempted  him,  saying,  Master, 
what  shall  I  ao  to  inherit  eternal  life  ? 

23  He  saM  unto  him,  What  is  written 
In  the  lawithow  readest  thou? 

27  And  he\  answering  said,  Thon  shalt 
love  the  Loid  thy  God  with  all  thy  Ii«ut 
and  with  all  thy  Soul,  and  with  all  thy 
Str^gtli,  and  with  all  thylnlDd;  and  tl^ 
neighbour  asUhyself. 

lid  unto  him,  Thou  hast  an- 
swered right :  this  do,  and  thou  shalt  live. 

29  But  he,  willing^to  justify  himself, 
said  tmto  Jesus,  And  Vho  is  my  neigh- 
bour? \ 

30  And  Jesoa  answering  said,  A  certain 

•61       \ 


iKe  good  Samaritaty 


tf-ift 


3.S  But  i  certain  Sam «j<t«dt,  as  he  jour- 
neyed, fame  where  he  was  ;  and  when 
he  saw  him,  he  had  compassion  on  him, 

34  And  went  to  him,  9nd  bound  up  hia 
wounds,  pouring  in  oil  and  wine,  and  set 
him  on  his  own  beast,  and  brought  him 
to  an  inn,  and  tools  care  of  liim. 

85  And  on  the  mdrrow  when  ho  depart- 
ed, he  took  otit  twfe  pence,  and  gave  Oiem 
to  the  host,  and  iaid  unto  him.  Take  care 
of  him  :  and  vrhatsoever  thou  spendest 
more,  when  ]f  coma. again,  1  will  repay 
Ihoe.  / 

86  Which/now  of  these  three,  thinkest 
thou,  waynei^bbour  unto  him  that  fell 
among  tpe  thieves? 

87  And  he  said,  He  that  shewed  mercy 
on  hic^.  Then  said  Jesus  unto  him,  Mk 
and  jfo jfaeu.  tikewis*. 

88 1  Now  it  came  to  pass,  as  Ihejrwent, 
that  he  entered  into  a  certain  village : 
and  a  certain  woman  named  Martha  re- 
ceived him  into  her  house. 

89  And  she  had  a  sister  called  Mary, 
which  also  sat  at  Jesus'  feet,  and  heard 
his  word. 

40  But  Martha  -was  cumbered  about 
much  serving,  and  came  to  him,  and  said, 
Lord,  dost  thou  not  care  that  my  sister 
hath  left  me  to  serve  alone  f  bid  her 
therefore  that  she  help  me. 

41  And  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
her,  Martha,  Martha,  thou  art  careful 
and  troubled  about  many  things; 

42  But  one  thing  is  needful;  and  Marv 
hath  chosen  that  good  part,  which  shall 
not  be  taken  away  from  her. 


CHAPTER  XI 

1  OirM  teaeheiA  to  prav,  and  OvU  injtanay  .*  II  <i 
turing  thai  Ood  <o  uriU  Jtve  uj  coc-i  ttiUtos.    U  h   , 
eatUnQ  oni  a  dumb  dfvu,  rfb\ikt,Ui  U\>>  blatphemuut 


outward  ihew  QfHoiinAU  in  ttie  FnarUeea,  tcribc*, 
and  bjwyeri. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  that,  as  he  was 

J\.  praying  in  a  certain  place,  when  he 

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so       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     John  4 :  9. 

What  did  the  Jews  think  of  the  Samaritans? 

Second  Day.     Luke  10 :  25-27. 

The  lawyer  was  a  man  who  studied  the  law  in  the 
Old  Testament.  What  was  his  question? 
What  did  Jesus  say? 

Third  Day.    Luke  10:28-31. 

What  question  did  the  lawyer  now  ask?  What 
did  Jesus  tell  him  about  the  man  in  verse  30? 
Why  did  Jesus  say  "down  from  Jerusalem"? 
Who  saw  the  poor  man  first?  What  did  he 
do? 

Fourth  Day.     Luke  10 :  32. 

What  was  a  Levite?  What  did  he  do  more  than 
the  priest? 

Fifth  Day.     Luke  10 :  33-35. 

Remember  that  the  poor  man  and  both  the  priest 
and  Levite  were  Jews.  Who  came  along  now? 
What  was  he  doing?  How  was  he  affected 
when  he  saw  the  man  ?  What  did  he  do  ? 
Mention  the  six  things  he  did.  What  did  he 
tell  the  hotel  keeper  ? 

Sixth  Day.     Luke  10 :  36. 

What  did  Jesus  ask  the  lawyer? 

Seventh  Day.     Luke  10 :  27. 

What  was  the  lawyer's  answer?  Which  man  did 
he  mean  ?  Why  did  Jesus  say :  "Go  and  do 
thou  likewise"? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  show  my  love  by  doing  things. 


H^HAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       51 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize  the  words  do  in  verses  25,  28  and  37, 
and  connect  them  with  diagonal  lines ;  underline 
heart,  soul,  strength  and  mind  in  verse  27 ;  under- 
line neighbor  in  verses  27,  29  and  36,  and  connect 
them;  Go  do  likewise.  Emphasize  priest,  Levite, 
Samaritan,  and  connect  them ;  underline  he  passed 
by,  verse  31,  passed  by,  verse  32,  and  came  where  he 
was,  verse  33,  and  connect  them. 

5.     To  Make, 

Imitation  of  the  money  used ;  a  phylactery  such  as 
the  priest  might  have  worn.  This  was  a  box  contain- 
ing verses  from  the  Bible  written  on  parchment ;  the 
box  was  tied  on  the  forehead  or  arm.  Would  it  do 
any  good? 

6.     Pictures. 

a.  Stereographs. 

No.  26.     On  the  road  to  Jericho. 

"Our  present  outlook  is  on  this  very  Jericho  road 
and  I  have  no  doubt  that  one  or  more  of  the  actors 
we  see  are  actually  robbers,  because  the  distinction 
between  a  guide  and  a  robber  in  this  vicinity  is  still 
usually  that  of  the  same  man  when  in  and  out  of 
employment.  With  the  substitution  of  donkeys  for 
horses,  we  have  in  costumes,  faces  and  even  in  the 
leathern  wine  bottle  the  impression  to  the  eye  which 
Jesus  gave  to  the  mind  when  He  told  this  story." 
Travel  Lessons,  p.  155. 

b.  W.  100,  101 ;  P.  583. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

It  is  sometimes  hard  to  do  things  just  when  the 
opportunity  comes.  Here  was  a  man,  going  on  a 
business  trip,  but  he  puts  up  with  a  good  deal  of 
delay  and  inconvenience  and  loss  of  money  when  a 
chance   comes   to   help   a    stranger,   who   hated  him. 


52       IV HAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

It 's  as  if  a  boy  should  stop  on  his  way  to  a  circus, 
and  miss  half  of  it,  besides  spending  some  of  his 
pocket  money,  just  because  he  happened  to  meet 
some  poor  old  woman  who  needed  to  be  guided  to  a 
distant  part  of  the  town. 

8.     Illustrative  Reading. 

Tom  Brown  at  Rugby,  Ch.  I.  and  II.  in  Part  II. 
Harding  of  St.  Timothy's,  Ch.  I.  and  II. 
Ruth  2:  1-13. 


STUDY  XIII. 


HE  SHOWS  HIS  POWER  OVER  DEATH. 

1.    The  Story. 

This  incident  shows  us  our  Lord  exercising  His 
power  to  overcome  the  great  enemy,  death  itself ;  it 
brings  Him  before  us  as  a  friend  of  the  family  m 
Bethany,  interested  in  their  welfare,  wilhng  to  face 
even  death  itself  to  help  them. 

Jesus  is  in  Perea,  where  He  had  gone  probably  tor 
rest  and  to  get  away  from  His  enemies,  who  were 
now  becoming  more  and  more  insistent  on  His  death. 
In  Bethany  is  a  home  where  He  has  always  been  a 
welcome  guest.  It  was  a  home  where  a  brother 
cared  for  his  two  sisters  who  were  wrapped  up  in 
him.  , 

The  brother  is  taken  sick  and  immediately  the  sis- 
ters wish  that  Jesus  was  near  to  help  them,  for  both 
are  sure  that  if  He  were  with  them  all  would  be  well. 
So  they  send  to  Him,  and  He,  although  loving  the 
sisters  and  brother  very  much,  stays  where  He  is  for 
several  days.  When  He  suggests  that  they  go  into 
Judea,  the  part  of  the  country  where  Bethany  is,  His 
disciples,  remembering  the  treatment  He  had  lately 
received  there,  tell  Him  how  dangerous  it  is,  that  the 
old  enemies  will  try  to  kill  Him;  but  when  He  insists 
on  going  they  ofifer  to  go  with  Him.  They  talk  to- 
gether about  this  young  man,  Lazarus,  and  start  for 
Bethany.  When  they  get  near  the  village,  Jesus 
learns  that  Lazarus  has  been  dead  several  days^ 
Some  of  their  friends  had  come  to  sympathize  with 
Mary  and  Martha  and  were  in  the  home  when  word 
came  that  Jesus  was  on  His  way  there.  Martha, 
who  had  been  looking  anxiously  for  Him,  could  wait 
no  longer,  but  ran  out  of  the  house  and  down  the 
street  to  the  edge  of  the  village  and  rushing  up  to 
Him  exclaimed:     "O  Master,  if  only  you  had  been 


54       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

here !  But  I  know  that  even  now  God  will  do  any- 
thing you  ask  Him  to  do."  Jesus  knew  what  she 
wanted  and  said,  "Your  brother  shall  be  alive  again." 
After  some  further  conversation  in  which  Jesus  asked 
where  Mary  was,  Martha  went  and  quietly  told  her 
sister  that  Jesus  was  asking  for  her.  Mary  responded 
so  quickly  that  the  friends  thought  she  was  going 
out  to  the  grave  again.  Jesus  was  greatly  moved 
when  He  saw  Mary  and  heard  her  say  just  what 
Martha  had  said.  He  talked  with  them  about 
Lazarus  and  finally  burst  into  tears.  The  friends  who 
stood  near  said,  "He  must  have  loved  Lazarus  very 
much,  but  why  do  you  suppose  He  let  him  die?" 
Then  all  went  out  to  the  tomb  hewn  in  the  rock  and 
Jesus  told  the  people  to  roll  back  the  stone  that  was 
over  the  opening,  and  when  they  had  done  this  Jesus 
prayed.  Then  He  called  out  with  a  loud  voice, 
"Lazarus,  come  here."  Immediately  Lazarus  came 
out  of  the  grave  with  the  winding  sheet  about  him. 
"Take  off  the  bandages,"  Jesus  said,  "and  let  him 
go."  They  obeyed  and  there  stood  Lazarus  alive  and 
well. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     John  11 :  1,  2;  Mark  11 :  IL 
Where  was  Bethany?     How  far  from  Jerusalem? 
John  11 :  18.    Who  lived  there?    What  was  the 
trouble?    John  11:1-17. 

Second  Day.  John  10:40,  41. 
Where  was  Jesus  at  the  time?  What  did  He  think 
of  these  people?  Verses  3,  5,  36.  What  did 
they  think  of  Him?  Verses  21,  33.  As  no 
father  or  mother  are  mentioned,  what  would 
you  say  might  have  been  the  brother's  part  in 
the  family  life? 

Third  Day.     John   11:8:   10:31. 

What  did  the  Jews  think  of  Jesus?  What  did 
Jesus'  disciples  think  would  happen  to  Him? 
11 :  16.    What  made  Him  go  to  Bethany? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       55 

Fourth  Day.     John  11 :  1-16. 
Were  there  many  people  in  the  home  when  Jesus 
got   there?     Try   to    imagine   the   little   group 
walking  along  with  Jesus. 

Fifth  Day.     John  11 :  17-29. 
Which  sister  sought  Jesus  first?    What  did  she  say 
to  Jesus  ?     She  then  went  quietly  and  told  her 
sister    that    Jesus    had    been    asking    for    her. 
What  did  her  sister  do? 

Sixth  Day.     John  11:30-35. 
Where  was  Jesus  when  the  sisters  met  him?    How 
did  Jesus  feel?    What  did  this  show? 

Seventh  Day.  John  11 :  36-45. 
Where  did  Jesus  find  Lazarus?  Did  the  people 
think  Jesus  could  do  anything?  What  did 
Jesus  do  in  verses  41,  42?  How  did  He 
awaken  Lazarus?  What  happened?  What 
did  Jesus  say  to  the  people,  verse  44? 

3.     Subjects  for  Prayer. 

For  love  one  to  another ;  to  be  brave  and  helpful ; 
to  be  unselfish. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize,  Take  ye  away  the  stone,  verse  39 ; 
Loose  him,  verse  44;  The  Master  is  come  and  calleth 
for  thee,  verse  28. 

5.     To  Make. 

The  sand  board  could  be  made  up  to  show  the 
part  of  the  country  including  Bethany,  in  which  the 
family  lived.  The  tomb  could  be  built  out  of  small 
stones  with  a  stone  over  the  mouth.  Have  a  road 
approaching  Bethany  along  which  Jesus  and  His 
disciples  are  moving  towards  Bethany.  Let  Martha 
meet  them  outside  the  village,  leave  them  and  get 
Mary  and  bring  her  out  to  where  Jesus  was.  Let 
the  whole  party  then  approach  the  house. 


56       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

6.     Pictures. 

a.  Stereographs. 
No.  27.     Bethany. 

Locate  this  picture  on  the  map. 

"Bethany,  hke  Bethlehem  and  Nazareth,  is,  you 
see,  on  a  hill-slope.  Unlike  them,  it  is  surrounded 
by  terraced  walls.  It  is  now  a  wretched,  squalid 
place. 

"We  are  standing,  you  remember,  on  a  spur  on  the 
eastern  side  of  Olivet,  looking  south.  The  main 
ridge  of  Olivet  lies  to  our  right  running  practically 
parallel  to  our  range  of  vision.  Jerusalem  lies  to 
our  right  over  the  ridge.  Two  roads  come  here  from 
Jerusalem,  as  we  pointed  out  from  position  12;  the 
one  running  around  tlie  southern  end  of  Olivet,  off 
to  our  right,  makes  almost  a  complete  circuit  of  this 
village.  You  can  trace  its  course  running  between 
walls  as  it  comes  down  on  our  right  beyond  the  vil- 
lage. We  catch  glimpses  of  its  white  roadbed  be- 
tween the  trees  as  it  extends  to  the  left.  Then  mak- 
ing a  sharp  turn,  it  comes  toward  us  as  we  see  down 
at  our  left.  A  short  distance  farther  to  our  left  than 
we  can  see  this  road  divides,  one  branch  going  to 
Jericho  and  the  other  right  over  Olivet  to  Jerusalem. 
Up  the  road  from  Jericho  Jesus  comes  now  to  visit 
His  Bethany  friends.  Naturally  the  largest  ruin  in 
the  town — the  two  ruined  towers  at  the  right — is 
pointed  out  to  travelers  to-day  as  the  house  of  Simon 
the  leper,  and  the  open  ruin  behind  the  man  nearest 
us  is  said  to  be  the  house  of  Mary  and  Martha. 
Lazarus'  tomb  is  pointed  out  in  the  middle  of  the 
village,  but  the  ancient  rock  tombs  are  farther  east, 
beside  the  road."    Travel  Lessons,  pp.  156,  157. 

b.  W.  120. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

A  boy  will  do  something  to  show  that  he  is  a  real 
friend.  It  is  all  right  to  have  kind  thoughts  about 
our  friends,  but  it  is  the  things  we  do  for  them  that 
lets  them  know  we  love  them. 


STUDY  XIV. 


THE  FIRST  PALM  SUNDAY. 

1.     The  Story. 

Hundreds  of  years  before  Jesus  was  born  prophets 
had  told  the  people  of  Jerusalem  that  one  day  their 
king  would  come  to  them  riding  upon  an  ass.  This 
was  not  the  way  they  would  expect  to  see  a  king 
arrive  in  the  capital  city.  And  now  that  day  has 
arrived.  Jesus  has  been  at  Bethany  with  the  family 
He  loved,  whose  house  was  really  the  only  home  He 
had.  During  this  visit  Mary  had  poured  out  her 
precious  ointment  on  His  feet  in  loving  gratitude 
and  they  had  had  a  party  for  Him,  to  which  some  of 
their  mutual  friends  had  been  invited.  Jesus  stayed 
with  Mary  and  Martha  and  Lazarus  during  the  Jew- 
ish Sabbath,  our  Saturday.  What  a  day  that  must 
have  been !  His  last  Sabbath  before  His  death  1 
How  He  must  have  explained  wonderful  things  to 
them !  The  time  had  come  for  the  Passover,  March, 
A.  D.  27,  and  as  usual  great  crowds  had  come  up  to 
Jerusalem  from  all  over  the  land.  They  were  won- 
dering whether  Jesus  would  come,  for  it  had  become 
known  that  an  order  had  been  issued  that  any  one 
finding  Him  must  report  the  fact,  so  that  He  could 
be  arrested.  But  Jesus  was  never  a  coward.  So 
when  the  Sabbath  was  over  and  the  first  day  of  the 
week,  our  Sunday,  had  come  He  and  His  disciples 
leave  Bethany  to  walk  to  the  city,  six  miles  away. 
When  they  reach  the  village  of  Bethpage,  near  the 
Mount  of  Olives,  from  which  they  could  look  down 
upon  Jerusalem,  Jesus  sends  two  of  His  disciples  to 
get  an  ass  with  her  colt,  which  they  were  to  find  in 
a  certain  place.  When  they  found  the  ass  and  colt 
and  were  untying  the  halter  some  one  asked  them 
what  they  were  doing,  and,  as  Jesus  had  instructed 
them,  they  said :    "The  Lord  needs  them."     Then  the 


58       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

men  made  no  objection,  but  let  them  go.  As  soon 
as  they  had  brought  the  animals  to  Jesus  they  made 
a  sort  of  saddle  for  the  colt  by  putting  their  coats  on 
his  back.  After  Jesus  had  gotten  on  the  colt's  back 
they  began  their  march  again,  and  as  they  began  to 
go  down  the  side  of  the  hill  towards  the  city,  a  lot 
of  the  people,  hearing  that  Jesus  was  really  coming, 
took  the  branches  of  the  palm  trees  that  grew  along 
the  road  and  went  out  to  meet  Him,  waving  them  and 
singing  the  great  one  hundred  and  eighteenth  Psalm, 
which  was  sung  by  the  people  at  the  Passover.  When 
Jesus  came  where  the  people  were,  they  threw  the 
branches  down  for  Him  to  ride  over,  and  some  in 
their  enthusiasm  even  threw  their  clothing  down  in 
the  same  way. 

Jesus,  Himself,  was  in  quite  a  different  frame  of 
mind.  When  He  caught  sight  of  the  great  crowded 
citv,  crowded  with  people  who  had  come  up  for  a 
religious  festival,  He  stopped,  looked  over  the  city, 
and  cried,  and  foretold  her  destruction,  knowing  as 
He  did  what  those  people  were  going  to  do  to  Him. 
Then  the  journey  was  resumed.  They  would  cross 
the  bridge  over  the  Kedron  brook,  go  through  the 
gate  in  the  city  wall,  now  called  St.  Steven's  gate, 
through  the  narrow  streets,  decorated  for  the  feast 
of  the  Passover,  while  from  every  window,  no  doubt, 
interested  faces  looked  down  at  them.  So  they  go 
on.  Jesus  enters  the  courts  of  the  temple,  looks 
round  upon  the  scenes  of  disorder,  thinks,  no  doubt, 
of  that  former  visit  when  he  drove  the  merchants 
out,  and  at  evening  He  turns  sadly  back  to  Bethany 
for  the  night. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Isa.  62:  11 ;  Zech.  9:9. 

What  did  those  old  prophets  say?   They  wrote  hun- 
dreds of  years  before  Christ  was  born. 

Second  Day.     John  12:  1-8. 
Who    lived    in    Bethany?      What   did    Mary   do   to 
Jesus  at  this  time?    Who  objected?    Why? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       59 

Third  Day.    John  11:55-57. 

Were  there  many  people  in  Jerusalem  at  this  time? 
What  did  they  think  about  the  coming  of 
Jesus?  What  had  the  chief  priests  determined 
to  do  with  Him? 

Fourth  Day.     Matt.  21 :  1-7. 

Find  these  places  on  the  map.  Who  were  the  two 
disciples?  John  12:  14.  What  were  they  to 
do?  As  they  approached  what  did  the  people 
do? 

Fifth  Day.     Luke  19 :  37-40. 
What   did   the   people   sing   as   Jesus   came   near? 
When  the  Pharisees  objected  what  did  Jesus 
answer? 

Sixth  Day.     Ps.  118:24-29. 
Read  this  great   Psalm  and  hear  what  the  people 
sang. 

Seventh  Day.     Luke  19:41-44. 

When  He  saw  the  city,  how  did  it  aflfect  Him? 
Later  these  things  happened  to  the  city. 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  rejoice  in  being  one  of  Jesus'  disciples. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize,  Behold  thy  King  cometh,  Matt.  21 :  5 ; 
The  Lord  hath  need  of  him,  Mark  11 : 3,  and  the 
words  Go,  loose,  bring,  Mark  11:2. 

5.  To  Make. 

Miniature  palm  trees ;  have  some  palm  leaves. 

6.  Pictures. 

a.     Stereographs. 

No.  30.     Jerusalem.     "Standing  here,  then,  we  get 


60       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

part  of  the  very  same  view  that  met  the  eyes  of 
Jesus.  He,  too,  looked  down  upon  this  valley  of  the 
Kedron  and  across  it  to  the  temple  in  that  enclosure 
just  beyond  the  wall.  The  throngs  are  not  here,  but 
we  are  to  go  down  into  the  valley  now  where  we 
can  study  in  a  cosmopolitan  holy-feast  throng  of 
to-day  the  varied  elements  of  the  procession  that 
followed  Jesus."     Travel  Lessons,  p.   171. 

No.  31.  "This  scene,  which  is  at  the  very  site 
occupied  bv  the  throng  which  awaited  the  procession 
of  Jesus  into  the  city,  needs  no  description,  but  is 
worth  a  half  hour's  scrutiny  as  an  opportunity  for 
character  study.  Consider  how  many  types  of  na- 
tionality and  character,  how  many  grades  of  social 
rank,  how  many  kinds  of  business,  what  ages,  needs 
and  longings  are  here,  and  were  there  presented. 
What  differences  were  there  of  knowledge,  of  conse- 
quent responsibility,  of  loyalty  or  fickleness  or  enmity 
in  the  Passover  throngs  of  the  year  27  A.  D.  ? 

"The  Passover  throng  of  that  day  did  not  look  very 
different  from  this  festal  throng  of  to-day.  It  was 
just  as  varied  and  cosmopolitan."  Travel  Lessons, 
p.  172. 

No.  32.  "We  are  standing  on  the  flat  roof  of  a 
large  building,  a  hospice  for  religious  pilgrims.  It 
gives  us  an  excellent  view  down  into  the  ancient  city 
itself,  in  whose  narrow  streets  Jesus  walked  for 
these  last  few  days  on  earth. 

"You  discover,  of  course,  the  Church  of  the  Holy 
Sepulchre,  the  large  dome  in  front  of  us  and  to  the 
left,  built  on  the  site  which  Constantine  believed  to 
be  that  of  the  tomb  of  Jesus ;  and  the  modern  Church 
of  St.  John  off  to  the  right,  where  it  was  believed 
St.  John  lived,  to  which  place  he  took  Mary  after 
the  crucifixion  and  where  were  the  headquarters  of 
the  Knights  of  St.  John  in  the  Crusades.  In  the  dis- 
tance we  can  see  the  three  paths  that  climb  the 
Mount  of  Olives.  Over  the  left  one  of  these  David 
made  his  way  when  he  went  over  the  Brook  Kedron 
in  flight  from  his  son  Absalom  (2  Sam.  15:23-30). 
It  was  down  a  path  farther  to  the  right  that  his 
greater    Son    rode    on    Sunday    of    Passion    Week. 


IVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?      61 

Bethany  lies,  you  remember,  just  beyond  that  hill, 
hardly  a  mile  away.  Over  which  of  these  roads  did 
Jesus  go  most  often  those  nights  of  the  week  when 
He  went  to  Bethany  to  catch  a  brief  rest  with  His 
best  fritn^«,  in  His  foster-home?  And  where  on 
tl.is  mount  do  you  suppose  was  delivered  His  mystic 
discourse  about  the  last  things  ?"  Travel  Lessons, 
pp.  178,  179. 

b.     B.  403,  821 ;  P.  3254. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

This  incident  occurred  on  the  first  Palm  Sunday. 
It  might  be  taught  appropriately  in  a  room  decorated 
with  palms. 


STUDY  XV. 


HE  ASKS  TO  BE  REMEMBERED. 

1.     The  Story. 

Jesus  has  had  a  busy  time.  It  is  now  Thursday, 
next  to  the  last  day  of  His  hfe,  and  it  seems  a  long 
time  since  He  rode  into  the  city  amid  the  singing 
multitudes  on  Sunday.  Each  day,  except  maybe 
Wednesday,  has  been  spent  in  Jerusalem ;  each  night, 
with  His  friends  at  Bethany.  On  Monday,  the  feel- 
ing which  had  taken  possession  of  Him  on  Sunday 
moved  Him  to  action ;  and  once  more  He  drove  the 
merchants  out  of  the  temple ;  Tuesday  was  a  hard 
day.  He  had  come  up  to  the  city  in  the  morning  and 
all  day  He  had  been  disputing  with  the  religious 
leaders. 

The  evening  finds  him  back  at  His  beloved 
Bethany.  Wednesday  has  been  called  the  day  of 
retirement  because  no  mention  is  made  of  anything 
that  He  did  that  day.  I  have  thought  it  was  a  day 
spent  in  prayer,  for  on  Thursday  He  says  to  Peter, 
"I  have  prayed  for  thee."  There  is  no  record  of  any 
such  prayer  and  it  may  well  have  been  on  this 
Wednesday. 

The  day  when  the  Passover  lamb  was  to  be  sacri- 
ficed has  arrived.  The  little  company  is  coming 
towards  Jerusalem  for  the  last  time.  Jesus  will 
never  rest  on  earth  again  ;  those  lovely  evenings  with 
His  friends  at  Bethany  are  forever  ended.  Jesus  is 
homeless.  His  disciples  do  not  even  know  where 
they  are  to  eat  the  Passover.  They  ask  Him.  He 
tells  them  that  when  they  enter  Jerusalem  they  will 
see  a  man,  instead  of  a  woman  as  was  customary, 
carrying  a  pitcher  of  water  on  his  head ;  they  were  to 
follow  him  and  were  to  go  into  the  house  which  he 


64       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

entered.  There  they  were  to  tell  the  owner  that  Jesus 
wished  to  use  his  guest  room.  The  Lord  of  all  had 
to  borrow  a  room !  Some  have  thought  that  this 
owner  was  Mark,  who  wrote  the  Gospel,  or  Joseph  of 
Arimathea,  but  the  Bible  does  not  say  who  he  was. 

With  perfect  trust  the  two  disciples  go  on  ahead, 
while  Jesus  and  the  little  company  seem  to  have 
rested  awhile.  The  two  soon  see  the  man  with  the 
water  pitcher.  They  follow  him.  He  goes  into  a 
house.  They  follow,  and  meeting  the  owner  they  tell 
him  what  Jesus  has  said.  He  at  once  tums  over  to 
them  a  large  room  up-stairs,  where  they  get  things 
ready  for  the  Passover  supper.  They  would  first 
look  it  over  and  remove  anything  that  was  leavened. 
The  owner  had  probably  made  some  preparation 
himself — the  wine  and  the  unleavened  bread  would 
be  there.  Then  the  two  disciples  would  see  to  the 
Paschal  Lamb  and  anything  else  required  for  the 
supper.  Their  task,  no  doubt,  was  simple,  and  soon 
the  room  is  ready.  They  go  back  and  tell  Jesus,  and 
when  evening  has  come  He  and  the  twelve  come  into 
the  city  and  go  at  once  to  this  room.  All  over  the 
city  the  people  were  gathered  in  the  same  way,  in 
little  groups,  for  this  their  great  feast. 

The  table  would  be  oblong  and  on  three  sides  would 
be  divans  or  couches ;  on  these  Jesus  and  the  disci- 
ples reclined  with  their  heads  toward  the  table.  John 
seems  to  have  been  on  one  side  of  Jesus  and  Judas  on 
the  other.  Even  in  this  solemn  place  these  disciples 
continued  to  quarrel  among  themselves  as  to  who  was 
the  greatest.  The  scene  is  one  to  be  thought  over. 
Sometime  during  the  meal  Jesus  washes  the  disciples' 
feet  and  tells  them  that  He  was  setting  them  an  ex- 
ample of  being  servants.  Judas  is  told  to  do  his  hate- 
ful deed  quickly  and  goes  out  to  arrange  with  his 
new  masters.  Then  Jesus  took  a  cup  of  wine,  blessed 
it  and  gave  it  to  the  disciples,  telling  them  it  was  His 
blood  poured  out  for  them ;  and  the  bread  He  broke, 
giving  it  to  them,  telling  them  in  like  manner  that  it 
was  His  body  broken  for  them.  He  asked  them  to  do 
this  in  remembrance  of  Him.  After  supper  they  sang 
a  hymn  and  went  out  to  the  Mount  of  Olives. 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?      65 

2.  Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Luke  21 :  37,  38. 
What  was  He  doing  during  the  daytime?     Where 
did  He  spend  the  nights?     See  Mark  11 .  ly. 
Were  the  people  anxious  to  hear  Him .'' 

Second  Day.     Luke  19 :  45-47. 
When  had  He  done  this  thing  before?    What  did 
He  say  God's  house  should  be?     How  did  the 
people  regard  Him?    How  the  chief  priests? 

Third    Day.     Mark  14:  12-15. 

The  Passover  was  to  commemorate  the  deliver- 
ance from  Egypt.  Which  disciples  did  He 
send'  (Luke  22:  8)  How  were  they  to  know 
the  house?  What  were  they  to  say  to  the 
owner?    What  reply  would  the  owner  make.'' 

Fourth  Day.     Mark  14 :  16,  17. 
What  did  the  two  disciples  do?     When  did  Jesus 
come  into  Jerusalem? 

Fifth  Day.    Luke  22 :  24-30. 

What  did  the  disciples  do  at  the  supper?  What 
were  they  quarreling  about?  What  did  Jesus 
say  was  His  position  among  them? 

Sixth  Day.    John  13:  4-11. 

Describe  what  Jesus  did?    What  did  this  show? 

Seventh  Day.     Mark  14:22-26. 
What  did  Jesus  do  with  the  bread?    What  did  He 
do  with  the  wine?     What  did  He   say  these 
were?     What   did   He   say   to  them   m   Luke 
22:19? 

3.  Subjects  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  not  at  any  time  forget  what  Jesus  has 
done  for  me;  that  I  may  observe  the  simple  supper, 
which  He  asked  me  to  do  in  remembrance  of  Him. 


66       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Emphasize,  The  Master  saith,  Mark  14 :  14 ;  re- 
member that  this  might  be  a  motto  for  your  Bible. 
Underline,  /  am  among  yon  as  he  that  serveth,  Luke 
22:27;  emphasize.  This  do  in  remembrance  of  me,  in 
Luke  22 :  19. 

5.  To  Make. 

A  sandal ;  a  table  and  couches  like  those  used  at 
this  supper. 

6.  Pictures. 

W.  130,  131 ;  P.  280. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

One  of  our  secretaries  who  went  to  China,  once 
said  to  me :  "We  don't  dread  being  away  from  home 
and  friends  and  missing  the  comforts  of  America; 
but  we  do  dread  being  forgotten."  Everybody  loves 
to  be  remembered. 

As  soon  after  this  lesson  as  possible  let  the  mem- 
bers of  the  class  attend  a  communion  service.  It 
would  be  nice  if  they  could  go  together,  but  if  this 
would  detract  from  the  solemnity  of  the  occasion  let 
each  go  by  himself,  and  to  his  own  church. 


STUDY  XVI. 


THEY  ARREST  HIM. 

1,     The  Story. 

Just  outside  Jerusalem,  over  the  Kedron  brook, 
there  was,  as  there  is  now,  a  garden  called  Geth- 
semane,  a  quiet,  retired  spot  to  which  Jesus  often  had 
gone  with  His  disciples.  Leaving  the  house  where 
they  had  eaten  the  supper,  Jesus  with  the  eleven, 
went  down  the  hill,  across  the  brook  into  this  garden; 
Judas  had  already  gone  out. 

Before  they  had  eaten  the  Passover,  possibly  on  the 
Tuesday  of  that  week,  the  Sanhedrim  had  gotten 
together  to  discuss  how  they  might  quietly  arrest 
Jesus,  for  they  were  afraid  of  arousing  the  people. 
To  them  Judas  goes  and  asks  how  much  it  is  worth 
to  have  Jesus  delivered  to  them  quietly.  They  offered 
Judas  the  price  of  an  ordinary  slave  and  he  accepted 
the  offer,  thirty  pieces  of  silver.  He  probably  told 
them  how  Jesus  often  went  to  the  quiet  garden  and 
that  there  he  would  point  Him  out  to  them  by  going 
up  to  Him  and  kissing  Him. 

You  will  remember  that  Judas  left  the  others  while 
they  were  eating  the  supper.  It  may  be  he  had  heard 
Jesus  making  arrangements  for  going  to  the  garden 
and  went  to  tell  the  chief  priests  that  now  was  the 
time. 

Reaching  the  garden,  Jesus  asked  most  of  the  dis- 
ciples to  sit  down  and  pray  while  He,  with  Peter, 
James  and  John,  went  a  little  further  into  the  garden. 
Then  He  asked  these  three  to  stay  where  they  were 
and  watch  while  He  went  still  further  into  the  garden 
to  be  alone.  There  He  prayed  most  earnestly,  falling 
on  His  face  and  sweating  blood.  It  is  a  strange 
prayer,  so  hard  for  us  to  understand ;  that  the  cup, 
as  He  called  it,  might  be  taken  from  Him,  with  this 
added,   however,    "Not   what   I   will   but   what   thou 


68       IVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

wilt."  Three  times  He  prayed  thus,  and  each  time 
returned  to  the  disciples  whom  He  had  asked  to 
watch  with  Him,  each  time  finding  them  asleep.  The 
wear  and  tear  of  the  week  had  been  too  much  for 
them.  He  tells  them  that  Judas  has  come  to  betray 
Him  and  they  start  forward.  Judas  comes  leading  a 
band  of  Roman  soldiers  which  had  been  furnished 
by  the  chief  priests.  Judas  had  no  idea  that  Jesus 
would  bravely  walk  out  into  full  view ;  he  supposed 
it  would  be  necessary  to  point  Him  out  to  the  sol- 
diers. That  was  why  he  had  agreed  upon  the  sign 
of  a  kiss.  But  Jesus,  brave  to  the  last,  brave  in  the 
face  of  such  gross  treachery,  did  not  hide  Himself, 
but  stood  forth  before  them  all.  Judas  stepped  up 
and  saluted  his  Lord  with  the  joyous  salutation,  "Be 
glad.  Master."  In  his  excitement,  he  kissed  Him 
again  and  again.  Peter,  as  usual  was  impetuous,  and 
whipping  out  his  sword  struck  at  the  first  man  he 
could  reach.  The  blow,  aimed  at  his  head,  glanced 
and  the  man's  ear  was  cut  off.  Jesus,  the  coolest  one 
in  the  crowd,  reached  over  and  healed  him,  telling 
His  disciples  He  could  easily  get  help  from  His 
heavenly  Father  if  He  thought  that  was  the  right 
thing  to  do.  Jesus  is  seized  and  bound  and  led  to 
the  high  priest's  house.  When  this  occurs  every 
one  of  His  disciples,  including  even  the  valiant  Peter, 
runs  away  and  leaves  Him  to  His  fate. 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Luke  20 :  19 ;  Matt.  26 :  1-4. 
What  were  the  chief  priests  trying  to  do  to  Him? 

Second  Day.     Matt.  26:  14-16. 
What  did  Judas  do?     How  much  did  they  offer? 
What  was  Judas  doing  after  that? 

Third  Day.     Luke  22 :  39,  40. 
Where  did  Jesus  go  after  the  supper?    What  does 
As   He  was  wont  mean?     What   did   He   go 
there  for  ?    Matt.  26 :  36. 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?      69 

Fourth  Day.     Mark  14 :  33-42. 
What   did   He   do   with   Peter,   James    and  John? 
What  did  He  ask  them  to  do?    What  did  He 
do?    What  did  they  do? 

Fifth  Day.     Matt.  26 :  47-50. 
Who  did  Judas  bring  with  Him?     What  sign  had 
he   arranged   with   them?     What   did   he    do? 
What  did  Jesus  call  him? 

Sixth  Day.     Matt.  26 :  51-56. 
What  did  Peter  do?    What  did  Jesus  say  in  verse 
53?    What  did  the  disciples  do? 

Seventh  Day.     John  18 :  12. 
What  did  they  do  with  Jesus? 

3.     Subjects  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  never  be  ashamed  of  being  a  Christian, 
or  of  having  people  know  that  I  am. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

Underline,  For  this  ointment  might  have  been  sold 
for  much.  Matt.  26:9,  and  What  will  ye  give  me, 
verse  15,  and  connect  them  with  a  diagonal  line. 

5.  To  Make. 

A  sword,  a  lantern,  soldiers'  pikes. 

6.  Pictures. 

a.    Stereographs. 

No.  12.  Garden  of  Gethsemane.  "Here  we  can 
see  how  very  deep  is  this  gorge,  or  valley,  of  Kedron, 
which  runs  along  this  east  side  of  Jerusalem.  Yon- 
der across  the  valley  is  the  Mount  of  Olives.  Be- 
yond that  hill  lie  Jericho  and  the  Jordan,  from  which 
we  have  come.     The  road  farthest  to  the  left  leads 


70       PVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

to  Jericho  and  the  two  roads  running  off  to  the  right 
lead  to  Bethany,  which  lies  just  over  the  hill  in  that 
direction.  The  upper  one  of  these  roads  running  over 
the  hill  is  believed  to  be  the  one  over  which  Christ 
came  from  Bethany  at  the  time  of  His  triumphal 
entry  into  Jerusalem.  That  small  enclosure,  con- 
taining the  tall,  dark  cypress  trees,  down  there  where 
the  several  roads  meet  is  the  garden  of  Gethsemane, 
where  only  four  days  later  than  that  entry  Jesus 
spent  His  last  night  of  awful  suffering."  Travel 
Lessons,  p.  90. 

No.  33.  "You  know  just  where  you  are,  for  you 
can  see  the  Golden  Gate  and  the  Dome  of  the  Rock 
just  across  the  Kedron.  You  are  probably  looking 
at  the  spot  where  the  ancient  pathways  entered  the 
city  and  the  temple  at  its  Beautiful  Gate.  Just  where 
we  stand  is  said  to  be  the  spot  where  Judas  betrayed 
his  Master  with  a  kiss. 

"This  enclosure,  only  150  by  160  feet,  is  just  over 
the  bridge  that  crosses  Kedron  and  at  the  crossing  of 
the  roads  that  lead  up  to  Olivet.  We  have  looked 
down  upon  it  before  (from  position  12)  and  know 
that  in  addition  to  its  eight  gnarled  and  hoary  olives, 
which  date  back  to  the  seventh  century,  it  contains 
some  mournful  cypresses.  Apparently,  the  garden 
once  extended  much  farther  up  the  valley,  since  it 
would  seem  that  Jesus  would  have  sought  a  more 
secluded  spot  for  prayer.  We  are  in  its  nearer  and 
lower  corner.  The  Romans  are  known  to  have  cut 
down  all  the  trees  when  they  besieged  the  city,  using 
many,  perhaps  some  of  the  olives  of  Gethsemane,  for 
crosses  for  the  stubborn  Jews,  but  these  are  probably 
direct  descendants  and  by  only  one  removed  from 
those  which  gave  the  garden  the  name  of  olive  press. 
This  enclosure  is  now  tenderly  cared  for  by  the  Latin 
Church  and  Franciscan  friars,  who,  as  you  can  see, 
cover  every  foot  with  flourishing  blossoms  and 
shrubs."    Travel  Lessons,  p.  181. 

b.     B.  1744;  W.  138. 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       71 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

There  is  nothing  we  hate  quite  so  much  as  a 
traitor.  Benedict  Arnold  will  always  be  reinembered 
with  scorn.  The  boy  who  would  sell  a  game  or 
tell  on  a  companion  is  a  boy  we  want  to  have  noth- 
ing to  do  with.  Yet  every  traitor  is  a  human  being 
and  every  human  being  has  in  him  the  possibility  of 
being  a  traitor.  Benedict  Arnold  was  once  a  pure 
sweet  boy  at  his  mother's  side.     So  was  Judas. 

One  leader  made  this  lesson  effective  by  placing  on 
the  wall  a  large  picture  of  Christ  in  Gethsemane. 
This  was  illuminated  by  a  bicycle  lamp,  the  light  of 
which  falling  on  the  picture  was  the  only  light  in 
the  room.  In  the  solemn  presence  of  this  illuminated 
portrait  the  lessons  of  that  wonderful  time  were 
brought  home. 


STUDY  XVII. 


THEY  KILL  HIM. 

1.     The  Story. 

In  the  days  of  Christ's  earthly  Hfe,  politically, 
Judea  was  a  Roman  province,  governed  by  Herod, 
who  represented  the  Roman  Emperor.  The  Jews 
were  permitted  to  have  their  own  court  which  was 
called  the  Sanhedrim.  This  Jewish  court  could  not 
condemn  any  one  to  death,  but  it  could  try  one  who 
was  brought  before  it.  So  after  His  arrest  in  the 
garden  Jesus  was  hurried  that  very  night,  instead  of 
the  following  morning,  to  the  house  of  the  presiding 
justice,  Annas,  where  members  of  the  Sanhedrim  had 
come  together  illegally.  They,  of  course,  find  Him 
guilty,  after  an  irregular  and  illegal  trial,  for  they 
were  determined  before  they  began  the  trial  that  He 
should  be  killed.  In  order  to  have  the  sentence  ap- 
proved by  the  government,  they  take  Jesus  at  day- 
break on  the  first  Good  Friday,  to  the  house  of  the 
Roman  judge,  Pilate.  Here  they  have  great  trou- 
ble, but  finally,  against  his  better  judgment  Pilate 
yields  and  condemns  Jesus  to  death  by  crucifixion. 
A  company  of  soldiers  under  a  Centurion  is  detailed 
to  carry  out  the  sentence.  Two  robbers  have  been 
condemned  to  death  at  the  same  time.  The  prepara- 
tions are  soon  made.  The  crosses  are  prepared,  the 
hammer  and  nails  are  ready  and  the  little  procession, 
each  of  the  condemned  men  bearing  his  own  cross, 
quietly  walks  through  the  city  gate  to  a  place  called 
Golgotha,  outside  the  walls.  The  crowd  would  grow 
as  they  moved  along,  and  morbid  curiosity  would 
lead  the  people  to  go  with  them  to  watch  the  execu- 
tion. Jesus  had  not  eaten  since  the  supper  with  His 
disciples,  nor  had  He  had  any  rest ;  He  had  under- 
gone humiliating  indignities,  He  had  worn  the  crown 
of  thorns.     As  He  walked  up  what  has  been  called 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       73 

the  Via  Dolorosa,  "The  way  of  sorrow,"  His  blood- 
stained face  and  weary  steps  moved  the  women  of 
the  city  to  tears,  and  a  legend  says  that  one  of  them 
offered  Him  a  towel,  on  which,  as  He  wiped  His 
perspiring  face,  His  photograph  was  impressed.  By 
and  by  He  can  stand  the  heavy  load  no  longer,  His 
strength  gives  out  and  he  sinks  under  the  weight  of 
the  cross.  An  African  named  Simon  happened  to  be 
coming  along  and  the  soldiers  seize  him  and  com- 
pel him  to  carry  the  cross  for  Jesus.  This  man,  be- 
cause he  rendered  this  service  to  Jesus,  no  matter 
how  many  other  wonderful  things  he  may  have  done 
in  his  lifetime,  bv  this  deed  has  become  immortal. 

They  reached  Golgotha  at  nine  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing. The  upright  pieces  of  the  crosses  were  planted 
in  the  ground,  then  the  crosspieces  were  placed  on 
the  ground,  the  condemned  men's  arms  were 
stretched  along  them,  tied  fast  and  a  nail  driven 
through  each  hand.  Then,  by  ropes  or  ladders  the 
poor  fellows,  with  Jesus  in  the  middle,  were  drawn 
up  on  the  upright  piece,  so  that  their  feet  were  not 
over  two  or  three  feet  from  the  ground,  and  the 
crosspiece  was  either  tied  or  nailed  to  the  upright 
and  the  feet  were  nailed  fast.  Above  the  cross  upon 
which  Jesus  was  crucified  was  written  by  Pilate, 
"This  is  Jesus  the  King  of  the  Jews."  He  was 
offered  a  drink  which  would  dull  the  pain,  but  He 
refused  it.  He  spoke  little.  Once  He  prayed  for 
those  who  did  the  wrong;  He  received  into  His 
kingdom  one  of  the  thieves  beside  Him;  and  He 
commended  His  mother  to  the  care  of  John,  His 
beloved  disciple.  At  last,  crying  out,  "It  is  finished," 
He  commended  Himself  to  His  heavenly  Father  and 
died,  having  hung  there  three  hours.  It  is  now  noon, 
but  a  darkness  lasting  all  the  afternoon  settles  down 
over  the  earth,  while  over  in  the  city  the  great  veil 
which  hung  in  the  temple  between  the  Holy  Place 
and  the  Holy  of  Holies  was  torn  from  top  to  bot- 
tom. The  earth  itself  shook  and  some  of  those  who 
were  dead  came  out  of  their  graves. 


74       IV HAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 
2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     John  18:  12,  13;  19-24. 
It  was  now  night.     To  whom   was  Jesus  taken? 
Where  did  he  send  Him? 

Second  Day.     Mark  15:1. 
What  did  they  do  when  morning  came?    What  did 
they  do  with  Jesus?     To  whom  did  they  send 
Him? 

Third  Day.     Matt.  27:  11-14. 
What  did  Pilate  ask  Him?    Did  He  say  yes  or  no? 

Fourth  Day.     John  18 :  28-32. 
What  did  Pilate  ask  the  people?     What  did  Pilate 
tell    them    to    do?      Why    did    they    say    they 
could  n't? 

Fifth  Day.     John  18 :  33-38. 
What  did  Jesus  say  to  Pilate  in  verse  37?     What 
was  Pilate's  verdict? 

Sixth  Day.    Luke  23:  13-16,  21. 
What    did    Pilate    say    he    would    do    with    Him? 
What  did  the  people  say  should  be  done  with 
Him? 

Seventh  Day.  Luke  23  :  22-46. 
What  did  Pilate  do  with  Jesus?  Who  was  made 
to  carry  the  cross?  Who  followed?  What 
did  Jesus  say  to  them?  What  did  the  people 
do  with  Him?  What  did  they  write  over 
Him?  Who  were  on  either  side  of  Him? 
What  were  His  last  words? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  remember  that  Jesus  died  that  I  might 
live. 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       75 

4.     Bible  Marking. 

On  the  verses  in  Mark  15  which  tell  of  the  cruci- 
fixion outline  a  cross  in  red  ink.  Emphasize,  He 
saved  others. 

5,  To  Make. 

A  cross ;  a  thorn  crown. 

6.  Pictures. 

a.     Stereographs. 

No.  34.  Calvary.  "It  is  with  somewhat  of  a  shock 
that  we  turn  from  this  family  party  seated  at  their 
pipes  and  coffee  on  the  roof  of  their  inn,  that 
touches  here  the  edge  of  Jerusalem's  northern  wall, 
and  find  ourselves  face  to  face  with  the  bare,  skull- 
like mound  which  has  come  of  recent  years  to  be 
accepted  by  a  growing  number  as  the  true  site  of  the 
cross.  The  resemblance  of  the  hill  to  a  human  skull 
is  the  most  picturesque,  though  not  the  most  con- 
vincing reason  for  calling  this  Golgotha,  the  place  of 
the  skull.  See  the  two  holes,  like  eye-sockets,  near 
the  center  of  the  cliff  (Luke  23:33;  John  19:17). 
It  may  have  been  its  use  as  a  burial  place  rather 
than  its  shape  that  gave  it  its  name.  There  are,  as 
you  observe,  graves  upon  its  summit,  and  the  large 
opening  at  the  right  marks  the  so-called  Tomb  of 
Jeremiah.  The  Jewish  law  (Lev.  1:10,  11)  placed 
the  burial  place  north  of  the  city.  The  early  Jewish 
writings  tell  us  that  this  hill  had  long  been  a  place 
for  the  execution  of  criminals,  and  received  the  name. 
Place  of  Stoning.  A  reputable  Christian  guide  told 
Dr.  Hurlbut  that  the  place  has  long  been  especially 
hateful  to  the  Jews  of  the  city,  who  always  utter  a 
curse  when  they  pass  it,  though  they  know  not  why, 
and  that  their  words  translated  are.  Cursed  be  the 
man  who  ruined  our  nation  by  calling  himself  its 
king.  This  place  is  also,  as  we  know  Calvary  was 
once,  a  garden  outside  the  city  and  beside  a  public 
way,  the  Damascus  road.  Beside  that  road  beyond 
the  hill  on  the   left,  sleeps  the   Queen   Helena,  the 


Id       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

mother  of  Constantine,  who  beHeved  that  she  discov- 
ered in  Jerusalem  the  true  cross  and  our  Lord's 
sepulchre.  Whether  that  or  this  be  the  true  site  or 
not,  we  must  acknowledge  that  this  presents  to  the 
eye  a  wonderfully  vivid  conception  of  the  scene  of 
our  Lord's  passion."    Travel  Lessons,  pp.  185,  186. 

b.    W.  148;  B.  1549;  P.  3266,  797,  735. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader, 

It  is  said  that  if  all  of  Jesus'  life  were  recorded 
with  the  same  fullness  as  these  last  days  it  would 
take  eighty  Bibles  the  size  of  the  one  we  now  have 
to  contain  the  record.  The  evangelists  evidently  con- 
sidered this  the  important  part  of  His  life. 

8,     Illustrative  Reading. 
Esther,  Ch.  4. 


STUDY  XVIII. 


HE  COMES  OUT  OF  THE  GRAVE. 

1.     The  Story. 

It  seems  almost  incredible  that  the  friends  of 
Jesus  had  forgotten  that  He  had  said  that  He  would 
come  out  of  the  grave,  while  His  enemies  remem- 
bered it ;  yet  that  is  the  fact.  The  chief  priests  even 
went  to  Pilate  and  reminded  him  of  this  fact  and 
asked  that  the  stone  over  the  entrance  to  the  sepul- 
chre cut  in  the  rock  where  He  had  been  buried 
might  be  made  secure.  Pilate  told  them  that  they 
could  use  their  own  guard  and  they  did  so,  putting 
also  a  seal  on  the  stone. 

The  next  day,  early  in  the  morning  of  that  first 
Easter  Sunday,  Mary  Magdalene  and  some  of  the 
other  women  came  to  the  tomb,  not  to  see  if  Jesus 
had  really  risen,  but  with  material  to  anoint  His 
body,  as  was  usually  done  with  the  dead  in  those 
days.  As  they  came  towards  the  grave  they  asked 
themselves  how  they  could  get  the  heavy  stone  away 
from  the  mouth  of  the  tomb.  What  was  their  sur- 
prise when  they  reached  the  place  to  find  that  the 
stone  had  been  already  rolled  away.  As  they  looked 
into  the  tomb  they  saw  a  yovmg  man,  at  least  that  is 
what  they  took  him  to  be,  sitting  on  a  ledge  of  rock. 
He  at  once  tells  them,  in  their  amazement,  that 
Jesus  is  not  there,  but  has  risen.  They  run  to  tell 
the  disciples  and  Peter  and  John  respond  to  their 
call.  John,  the  younger  man,  runs  faster  than  Peter 
and  reaches  the  tomb  first.  He  stays  there  looking 
into  the  open  sepulchre,  when  Peter  at  length  comes 
up  and,  impulsiye  as  always,  goes  at  once  through 
the  opening  into  the  tomb  itself.  While  Mary  stands 
there,  weeping.  Jesus  stands  beside  her.  She  does 
not  recognize  Him,  mistaking  Him  for  the  gardener. 
She  even  asks  Him  if  He  has  taken  the  body  away 


78       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

and  begs  to  be  told  where  it  has  been  placed.  Jesus 
speaks  to  her,  calls  her  by  her  name  and  she  recog- 
nizes Him.  She  runs  back  to  where  the  disciples 
were  and  tells  them  that  she  has  really  seen  their 
Lord. 

In  the  meantime  the  guards,  who  had  been  terribly 
frightened  when  the  angel  had  rolled  away  the  stone 
from  the  tomb,  went  to  the  rulers  and  told  them  what 
had  happened.  They  got  the  members  of  the  Sanhe- 
drim together  and  bribed  the  soldiers  to  say  that 
Jesus'  disciples  had  come  in  the  night  while  the 
guards  were  asleep  and  had  taken  the  dead  body 
away.  They  also  promised  the  guard  that  if  the 
governor  should  hear  about  their  having  been  asleep 
while  on  duty  they  would  see  that  no  harm  came  to 
them.  So  the  guard  took  the  bribe  and  the  story  be- 
came common  that  Jesus  had  not  really  risen  from 
the  grave,  but  that  His  disciples  had  stolen  the  body. 
For  a  long  time  this  story  was  repeated  among  the 
Jews. 

Jesus  appeared  a  number  of  times  to  His  disciples 
during  the  forty  days  following  that  first  Sunday. 
At  the  end  of  that  time,  standing  with  them  on  the 
Mount  of  Olives  "He  was  taken  up  and  a  cloud  re- 
ceived Him  out  of  their  sight." 

2.     Daily  Readings. 

First  Day.     Matt.  27  :  62-66 ;  John  20 :  24,  25. 
How  did  the  chief  priests  make  sure  Jesus  would 
not  rise?     Did  the  disciples  think  He  would 
live  again? 

Second  Day.     Mark  16:  1-4. 
What  did  the  women  come  to  the  tomb  for?    What 
obstacle   did  they  expect  to  find?     What   did 
they  find? 

Third  Day.     Mark  16 :  5-8. 

How   did   the   sight   affect  them?     What   did   the 
angel  say? 


WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS?       79 

Fourth  Day.     John  20 :  2-10. 
Which  disciples  did  Mary  tell?    What  did  they  do? 
Who  got  there  first?    Who  went  in  first? 

Fifth  Day.     John  20:11-18. 
What  did  the  angel  say  to  Mary?     Did  she  think 
Jesus   was   alive?     What   did    she   say  to   the 
man    she   thought   was   the   gardener?     What 
did  He  say  to  her? 

Sixth  Day.     Matt.  28:  11-15. 
What  did  the  Jews  do  to  the  watchmen?     What 
did  they  ask  them  to  report  about  the  empty 
tomb? 

Seventh  Day.     Acts  1  :  1-11. 
Was  this  Jesus'  last  meeting  with  His   disciples? 
What   occurred    in   verse    9?      What    did    the 
angel  say  about  Him  in  verse  11? 

3.     Subject  for  Prayer. 

That  I  may  be  glad  that  Jesus  came  out  of  the 
grave  to  live  forever. 

4.     Bible  Marking. 
Emphasize,  He  is  risen,  Mark  16:  16. 

5.     To  Make. 

A  tomb  in  which  a  candle  can  be  placed  and 
lighted,  so  that  the  light  will  shine  through  the  door- 
way. 

6.     Pictures, 
a.     Stereographs. 

No.  35.  The  tomb.  "A  little  northwest  of  this 
spot  is  a  vast  system  of  caves  which  were  used  as 
tombs.  There  at  the  opening  of  one  of  them  may 
still  be  seen  a  great  round  flat  stone  and  the  groove 
below  in  which  it  has  been  rolled  when  the  sepul- 


80       WHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

chre  was  closed.  The  stone  is  very  heavy.  When  it 
rolls  forward  it  goes  down  an  incline  and  drops  into 
a  niche.  To  roll  it  in  its  channel,  and  especially  to 
roll  it  away  from  the  tomb  entrance,  would  require 
the  strength  of  two  men.  When  shut  the  tomb  could 
be  easily  sealed,  as  the  Lord's  tomb  entrance  was 
sealed  by  the  soldiers  when  the  watch  was  set. 

"Standing  here  within  a  few  rods  of  the  place  where 
Jesus  was  crucified,  and  looking  into  such  a  new- 
made  tomb  as  that  in  which  Joseph  laid  Jesus,  if 
not  the  very  one,  can  we  realize  the  feelings  of  Mary 
and  the  women,  of  John  and  Peter,  as  they  came 
hastily  through  the  garden  that  Easter  dawn  and 
wondered  at  the  unsealed  and  open  tomb,  and  then 
turned  in  grief  and  went  away,  to  find,  each  in  his 
own  time,  the  risen  Lord?"     Travel  Lessons,  p.  189. 

b.     B.  824,  813,  868. 

7.     Thoughts  for  the  Leader. 

The  resurrection  of  Jesus  has  been  called  the  best 
established  fact  in  history.  If  He  had  power  to  come 
out  of  the  grave  after  death.  He  must  have  been 
able  to  do  anything  else. 

He  has  never  died  since  then  and  therefore  He 
must  still  be  alive. 

If  He  was  interested  in  men  long  ago  He  is  in- 
terested in  them  now. 


STUDY  XIX. 


REVIEW. 

A  review  should  be  varied.  It  should  not  be  a 
mere  going  over  what  has  been  learned  in  a  parrot- 
like way.     The  following  methods  are  suggested : — 

Question  review. 

Give  one  or  two  questions  to  each  scholar  to  be 
answered  in  writing  at  the  next  session  of  the  class. 
Announce  that  on  the  review  you  will  let  each 
scholar  ask  you  the  hardest  question  he  can  find 
bearing  on  any  part  of  the  material  studied ;  or,  better 
still  on  a  certain  lesson,  a  different  lesson  being  as- 
signed to  each  scholar. 

Picture  review. 

All  the  pictures,  including  the  stereographs,  should 
be  brought  together  and  the  story  told  from  the  pic- 
tures. 

Map  review. 

Use  one  of  the  pulp  maps,  or  make  up  a  sand  map 
of  Palestine  and  review  the  geography  of  Christ's 
life,  and  more  particularly  a  few  of  the  lessons  hav- 
ing a  geographical  setting,  e.  g.,  the  feeding  of  the 
five  thousand,  the  triumphal  entry,  and  others. 

Story  review. 

If  the  scholars  have  kept  note  books,  have  them 
read  in  class  the  stories  written  by  them. 

Memory  work. 

Review  the  passages  and  verses  memorized. 


82       PVHAT  MANNER  OF  MAN  IS  THIS? 

Illustrative  review. 

Get  the  scholars  to  tell  some  things  they  have  tried 
to  do  because  they  have  become  better  acquainted 
w^ith  their  Lord. 

Object  review. 

Gather  together  the  models,  etc.,  which  the  scholars 
have  made  and  let  different  ones  tell  what  is  sug- 
gested by  them. 

Daily  Readings, 

First  Day.     Luke  10 :  25-37. 

Second  Day.     John  11:  17-44. 

Third  Day.     Matt.  21 :  1-7. 

Fourth  Day.     1  Cor.  11:23-27. 

Fifth  Day.     John  18:  1-11. 

Sixth  Day.     John  19 :  16-30. 

Seventh  Day.     1  Cor.  15.  . 


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